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IZNIK Round dish with contoured edge in siliceous...

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IZNIK Round dish with contoured edge in siliceous ceramic with lead glaze with blue, red and green decoration of bouquets of carnations in the center and on the wing of flowers and tulips. 16th century, circa 1580-1585. D. 30 cm. A small chip on the edge and two chips on the heel. Former collection of Dr. Chompret. A dish with similar decoration is kept in the Louvre Museum and reproduced by Frédéric Hitzel and Mireille Jacotin, Iznik, l'aventure d'une collection, 2005, fig. 43, p. 147. See Dr. Chompret's personal handwritten record with his observations on page 47.