Border tile with palmettes decoration, Iznik style Siliceous ceramic with painted decoration on slip, under transparent glaze of a tapestry composition of arabesques furnished with bifid palmettes deployed around a central flower, in white reserve heightened with green on red bottom. Frieze of small blue lambrequins underlining the upper bevelled border. 13,7 x 24,2 cm A few chips, slight missing edges, cracked red enamel. This tile is based on a poncifix visible in the room of Murad III (circa 1585) in the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. An Iznik style fritware tile