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AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1560 The white ground painted in cobalt-blue, red and turquoise within black outlines with a design of three rosettes surrounded by delicate radiating arabesques, intact, framed Tile 8 3/8 x 9 7/8in. (21.4 x 24.9cm.); frame 10 7/8 x 12 ?in. (27.4 x 31cm.)
Tiles bearing the same pattern can be found on the mihrab wall of the Mosque of Rustem Pasha completed in 1561 (Denny, 1977, pl.62). A number of further examples are known including one in a private collection in Bonn, (Petsopoulos, 1982, p.95, pl.104), one in the David Collection (Folsach, 2001, fig.279, p.193), and one in the Sadberk Hanim Museum (Soustiel, 2000, fig.19, p.70 and frontispiece). For other tiles of this design which have sold in these Rooms, see 7 October 2008, lot 435; and from the Theodor Sehmer Collection, 27 April 2004, lot 321.