AN IZNIK BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISH WITH SPIRAL DESIGN
Ottoman Turkey, 16th century

Of typical shallow rounded shape, resting on a short drilled circular foot, rising to a gently curved cavetto and flat everted rim, painted in underglaze cobalt blue against a milky white ground, the interior with a central medallion filled with swirling spirals, surrounded by a crown of cusped petals alternating foliate motifs in the negative spaces, the rim enhanced with rosettes and tufts of greens, the exterior decorated with four blue swirling motifs, 26.5cm diam.