IZNIK-STYLE RIMLESS POTTERY DISH WITH SAZ LEAF 19TH CENTURY of circular form with short upright rim on a short foot, underglaze painting in blue, turquoise, bole red and black outline on an off-white ground, decorated with a saz leaf, carnations and roses issuing from a leafy tuft, the rim with a repeat zig-zag pattern, verso decorated with blue and turquoise flowerheads, with glaze scratched off in the middle (33.5cm diameter) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private collection of a notable Ottoman family in London. The collection is from a notable Ottoman land-owning family, that married over generations into the Sultans’ court. Some were judges, civil servants and vizirs in the Damascus vilayet, as well as members of parliament to the Sublime Porte.