Iznik Tile

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Turkey, Late 16th / early 17th century
25cm square
Stock no.: A2709

On the right-hand side, the tile painted with carnations, flowerheads and tulips within a large red palmette. The other side with S-shaped stems of trailing vines with flowers and saz leaves. The outline of another palmette visible along the left edge. This tile would have been part of a large composition. There are tiles with a similar design in Takkeci Ibrahim Aga Mosque (1592) in the Topkapi district of Istanbul and the Louvre (OA 7457 bis 1).