Siliceous ceramic dish with blue, green and brown decoration of a central medallion with checkerboards, on a green background and a border of flowers (important old restorations and missing). Turkey, Iznik, Ottoman art, late 17th century. Diameter : 28 cm Provenance : Collection of Mr. Paul A. (1899-1976), former director of the chalcography of the Louvre, founder then president of the Presses Universitaires de France from 1934 to 1968. Expert : Mrs Laure Soustiel, 06 09 47 27 31, lauresoustiel@wanadoo.fr