AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH WITH FLORAL DECORATION
Ottoman Turkey, second half 16th century

Of shallow rounded shape, resting on a short circular foot, rising to a gently everted rim, painted in bole red in relief, cobalt blue and copper green in black outlines against a white ground, the interior decorated with a central floral bouquet with tulips, carnations and roses stemming from a tuft of green grass and diagonally crossed by a blue and green saz leaf, around the rim a band of rosettes interspersed with foliage, the exterior with green and blue spiralling roundels against plain white ground, 25.5cm diam.