OTTOMAN TURKEY, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

An inscription on the back of the dish indicates that it was once owned by Benjamin Jaurès. A ship captain, he lent twenty-three pieces of Iznik to the 1869 exhibition of the Musée oriental hosted by the Union Centrale des Beaux Arts. Although the catalogue descriptions are not specific enough for a certain identification, the label on the back suggests that it may be identified with item no. 2730, '[un plat] decore des fleurs rouges', which was lent to the exhibition by Jaurès. Notably, Benjamin Jaurès was the younger brother of Admiral Charles Jaurès, a member of the Patronage Committee for the same exhibition alongside illustrious collectors such as the Barons Alphonse and Gustave de Rothschild and the Comte de Nieuwerkerke.