Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Property from a European private collection
An Iznik blue and turquoise pottery hexagonal tile, Turkey, circa 1525
Auction Closed
October 27, 03:41 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
fritware body of hexagonal form, decorated in underglaze cobalt-blue and turquoise with interlacing split-palmettes and flowerheads
19.5cm. max.
Sotheby's London, 27 April 1995, lot 70.
Similar tiles, most probably from the same group, are in the Louvre Museum, Paris (inv. no.7456) and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (inv. nos.1019-1892; 507-1900). Further examples were sold in these rooms, 17 October 1997, lot 30; 24 April 1991, lots 1144-47; 15 October 2003, lot 48.