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Paul Ispenian Was an Egyptian Armenian born into a very wealthy Cairo merchant family. He began collecting and dealing from the late 19th century. Like many of his contemporaries he also moved partly to Paris where he became a pillar of the local Armenian community. He owned and furnished superbly a magnificent villa in Cairo on the Rue des Pyramides. He lent numerous items to the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle3 Some of his academic attributions were ridiculed at the time but have now been accepted as being absolutely correct.

AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1560

Details

AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1560
Of baluster form on short foot, with slightly flaring mouth and simple loop handle, decorated in cobalt-blue, bole-red and green with black outlines, the body with white cusped ogival panels containing floral bunches, cintamani and green vegetal motifs all reserved on blue ground, a band of stylized marbling at the base, the waist with simple plait and fringing, the mouth with a band of spirals on green ground, the foot and mouth with later pewter mounts, clean repaired breaks at mouth
8¼in. (21.6cm.) high

Provenance

Ispenian collection, Cairo and Alexandria, circa 1900

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This lot is depicted in an album of photographs of Iznik pottery which represents part of the collection of Paul Ispenian.

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