OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590

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AN IZNIK POTTERY FLOWER-VASE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590
Of baluster form with raised and inverted mouth on spreading foot, the shoulder pierced with a band of holes for the stems of flowers, the white ground of the body painted in cobalt-blue, bole-red and green with small arabesques flanked by scrolling paired peonies and divided by paired cypress trees, a band of lappets around the shoulder and foot, the mouth with interlaced rope pattern on red ground, mouth repaired
6½in. (16.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This is an extremely rare form of Iznik vase, where the shoulder has been pierced for single blooms. One published example was formerly in the Godman collection; of almost identical form to the present vase, it is decorated with carnations encircled by saz leaves (Arthur Lane: Later Islamic Pottery, London, 1957, fig.41A, also discussed pp.58, 60 and 114-115; Türkische Kunst und Kultur aus osmanischer Zeit, exhibition catalogue, Recklinghausen, 1985, vol.2, no, p.155). A further example is in the British Museum (J. M. Rogers: Islamic Art and Design, London, 1983, no.131 - not illustrated). The Godman vase has a mark on the base in the form of an S intersected by a T, a mark that is usually found on majolica. Lane concluded that it was probable that such pieces were conceived for export to Italy. He also in his discussion on p.115, noted that he was aware of a total of four vases of this design.

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