An 'Iznik' tile panel, late 19th/early 20th century

Details

WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917)
An 'Iznik' tile panel, late 19th/early 20th century
glazed ceramic
Comprising 12 tiles painted with a stylized meandering river containing fish and waterlilies, the surrounding white ground with flowering grasses, centering a pair of monochrome green tiles and within a border of 18 monochrome blue tiles, framed
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long, 6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide, each pictorial tile
28 3/4 in. (73 cm.) high, 22 7/8 in. (58.1 cm.) wide, framed

Provenance

Richard Dennis, London.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above in April 1996.

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Lot Essay

The design for the tiles forming the sides of this composition, executed in blue, green and purple watercolor, was given to the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession no. E.699-1917) by Evelyn de Morgan in 1917, and is also illustrated in M. Greenwood and R. Dennis, The Designs of William de Morgan, Ilminster, 1989, p. 126, fig. 699. An executed tile is held in the collection of the British Museum (reg. no. 1980,0307.16). The motif is recorded as having been designed prior to 1888, the year in which De Morgan and Halsey Ricardo entered into partnership to operate the Sands End Pottery in Fulham.

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