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Lot Essay
Two jugs of identical shape are in the Sadberk Hanim Museum and in the Suna & Inan Kiraç Collection in Turkey (respectively published in Reunited after centuries, works of art restored to Turkey by the Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul, 2005, p.166-7, cat.72 and Sebnem Akalin, Hülya Bilgi, Kütahia tiles and pottery in the Suna & Inan Kiraç Collection, Delights of Kütahya, Istanbul,1997, p.89, cat.89). As the present jug, both are very finely decorated. They display very different decoration however: the jug in the Sadberk Hanim Museum is covered with an opaque purple glaze with turquoise drips; that in the Suna & Inan Kiraç collection is painted with polychrome, cobalt and manganese under transparent turquoise glaze. Both examples can be dated to the second half of the 18th century.
With its body painted in shades of blue and grey, the present jug is a remarkable example of Kutahya ceramics. Looking at these three examples, the variety and the richness of the decorative repertoire elaborated by the potters of Kutahya during the 18th century becomes manifest.
With its body painted in shades of blue and grey, the present jug is a remarkable example of Kutahya ceramics. Looking at these three examples, the variety and the richness of the decorative repertoire elaborated by the potters of Kutahya during the 18th century becomes manifest.