Rediscovered Iznik charger takes £4.55m at Sotheby's auction

The Debbane charger, a newly-discovered 15th century Iznik dish, was the toast of Sotheby’s Islamic Week offering, selling for a spectacular £4.55m (£5.4m including buyer’s premium).

The 18in (44cm) shallow dish – produced at the very advent of the art form in the 1480s – is a lost …

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