AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
Lot 251

AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580

Closed26 April 2012

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GBP 72,050

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AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
On short rounded foot rising to wide baluster body with slightly flaring cylindrical neck and S-shaped handle, painted in cobalt-blue, green and bole-red with pairs of tulips, stylised pomegranates and cintamani roundels, the design on painted cobalt-blue ground and divided into two registers, the handle with cobalt-blue stripes, small area of repair underneath the handle
8¾in. (22.3cm.) high

Adda Collection, Alexandria, by 1959
European private collection, assembled 1945-78