AN OTTOMAN CUERDA SECA TILE, WESTERN ANATOLIA, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY

AN OTTOMAN CUERDA SECA TILE, WESTERN ANATOLIA, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY with a radiating design of lotuses around a central floral star, the motifs framed by arabesques and split palmettes, framed, 26 x 25.5cm approx.Provenance: Formerly in a Greek private collection.For similar tiles on the exterior of the Arz Odasi (Hall of Petitions or Throne Room) and the Sunnet Odasi (Circumcision Pavilion) in the Topkapi Palace, see Rogers 1988, pls.97 & 111). See also Arlı & Altun 2008, pp. 146-151.