A blue and white Iznik pottery border tile, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1540, of rectangular form, the

A blue and white Iznik pottery border tile, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1540, of rectangular form, the surface painted in cobalt-blue and turquoise on white ground with a central cusped medallion containing white clouds reserved against a cobalt blue ground within turquoise border, on a ground of elegant scrolling vine issuing rosettes and leaves, chips to glaze, areas of repainting, intact, on stand, 24cm. x 11.5cm. Provenance: Private French collection, De Baecque, Paris 23 June 2015, Lot 56 (part lot)For a hexagonal tile with similar cloudbands, see Hülya Bilgi, Dance Of Fire: Iznik Tiles and Ceramics in the Sadberk Hanim Museum and Ömer M. Koç Collections, 2009, p. 91. Similar blue and white tiles can also be seen in the Sünnet Odasi at the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.Please refer to department for condition report