Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
Auction: Islamic Art | Lots 1 to 66 | 12 June at 10am
with flattened rim and deep well, underglaze decoration in cobalt blue, bole red and green on a white ground, a radiating geometric design within the central roundel, Chinese-inspired wave and rock designs around the rim
6cm (2 3/8in) high, 28.8cm (11 3/8in) diameter
Note:
The design on this dish belongs to a group categorized as the ‘Kaleidoscope and Abstract Designs of the 1570s and 1580s’. For rimless examples of this type, see N. Atasoy & J. Raby, Iznik:
The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, plates 463 – 470.