Iznik Rouge and Iznik Vert

Iznik is a small historic town located on the eastern shore of the lake Iznik, in the region of Anatolia, in Turkey. From the 15th Century onwards, pottery in the town of Iznik flourished as a result of royal patronage. The femininity and elegance of flowing and intertwined leaves and flowers were seemingly made for jewellery design. Such challenging work deserves only the finest stones, here interpreted with old mine Burmese rubies and natural half pearls.

The Iznik Rouge and Iznik Vert were an interpretation of motifs taken from Iznik tiles. Boghossian would abandon the original turquoise of ochre scheme favored by the traditional potters, and ultimately create Iznik Vert.