AN IZNIK POLYCHROME POTTERY TILE WITH CHINOISERIE AND SAZ LEAVES, TURKEY, CIRCA 1580 | Iznik Pottery Tile

decorated in underglaze blues, viridian green and bole red with black outlines, mounted

Ex-collection Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017).
Drouot, Paris, 25 September 1998, lot 43.

Breaks along three corners with associated restoration and overpainting, the edges with some abrasion, minor pitting to red bole particularly, light scratches to glaze, set onto wooden mount with hook for hanging, as viewed.
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An almost identical tile is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, inv. no. 02.5.91.