AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH WITH ARABESQUE, SAZ LEAVES,... Lot 262

AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH WITH ARABESQUE, SAZ LEAVES, AND FLORAL DECORATION Ottoman Turkey, ca. 1550 - 1570 Of shallow rounded shape, resting on a short circular foot, rising to a gently everted flattened rim, painted in bright bole red in relief, cobalt blue and copper green in black outlines against a milky white ground, the interior decorated with a central red-highlighted cusped arabesque cartouche flanked by two curved blue and green saz leaves and a crown of red plum blossom sprays (karayemiş) on the cavetto, all stemming from a tuft of green and blue grass, the rim decorated with alternating blue rosette heads and foliated red flower stems, the exterior with stylised green leaves and blue spiralling roundels against plain white ground, 29.5cm diam.