AN IZNIK POTTERY BORDER TILE PANEL
Ottoman Turkey, second half 16th century

Each tile of rectangular shape, painted in cobalt blue, copper green, turquoise, and raised bole red under a transparent, glossy glaze set against a white ground, decorated with a festoon of blossomed rosette flowers, intertwined with stylised saz leaves and vegetal motifs running through the centre of the panel, encased within a green border, mounted on a later European wooden frame, 64.7cm x 12cm including the frame.