A RARE EARLY IZNIK MASTER OF THE LOTUSES MOSQUE LAMP (KANDIL) OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1512 Of typical form, with cylindrical body tapering before wide flaring mouth, the white body painted in two shades of blue with a frieze of elegant palmettes on a meandering scroll, a band of strapwork roundels containing stellar motifs below, wider bands of hexagonal lozenges before the foot and mouth, the body with three loops and metal rings for hanging, and regular drilled holes (the foot and neck modern restoration, later brass chain) 8½in. (21.6cm.) high
A RARE EARLY IZNIK MASTER OF THE LOTUSES MOSQUE LAMP (KANDIL) OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1512 Of typical form, with cylindrical body tapering before wide flaring mouth, the white body painted in two shades of blue with a frieze of elegant palmettes on a meandering scroll, a band of strapwork roundels containing stellar motifs below, wider bands of hexagonal lozenges before the foot and mouth, the body with three loops and metal rings for hanging, and regular drilled holes (the foot and neck modern restoration, later brass chain) 8½in. (21.6cm.) high
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