An Iznik pottery dish, Turkey, circa 1600, of deep form with sloping rim, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, green and black, with a saz leaf, broken stems, tulips, a rose, a carnation and other flowers issuing from a leafy tuft, the rim with breaking wave motif, 25.5cm diam. Provenance: Private Collection, Greece The rim broken and restored in numerous places, yellowish discoloration, losses of glaze to rim, foot