Tabak dish with floral decoration, Ottoman Turkey, Iznik, third quarter 16th century Circular dish with curved rim in siliceous ceramic with polychrome underglaze decoration of a bouquet of blue tulips and red carnations, the stems linked by a clasp and arranged on either side of a scrolled diadem. Decorated with stylized waves and rocks on the rim and a frieze of floral motifs on the back. Diameter: 28.5 cm Small edge chips, small enamel chips, reattached breaks on one edge and transverse crack. Provenance: - Leon Antonian, Alexandria (label on reverse), before 1952. - Purchased by the current owner in 1999. Léon Antonian was a French carpet and antiques dealer of Armenian origin, active in Alexandria at the beginning of the 20th century.