A BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL IZNIK POTTERY TILE
Ottoman Turkey, circa 1520 - 1550

Of hexagonal shape, painted in cobalt blue and turquoise over a white ground, decorated with radiating arabesques flanking palmettes amidst full-blown lotus flowers tendrils, mounted on a white plastic hanging frame, 20.5cm wide including the frame.

Provenance: acquired in Greece by the present owner, April 1984.