Lot Essay
A similar jug decorated with paired tulips, although on a white ground, is published in Bernard Rackham, Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica, London, 1959, pl.42, A.90.
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OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
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AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
Of baluster form on short foot rising to slightly flaring mouth, simple loop handle, painted under the clear glaze with a design of alternating cintamani and paired tulips in white and pale blue on a cobalt-blue ground, large crack around the body, handle rejoined, minor chips, old collection labels under the foot
8in. (20.2cm.) high
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
Of baluster form on short foot rising to slightly flaring mouth, simple loop handle, painted under the clear glaze with a design of alternating cintamani and paired tulips in white and pale blue on a cobalt-blue ground, large crack around the body, handle rejoined, minor chips, old collection labels under the foot
8in. (20.2cm.) high
Provenance
Kevorkian Foundation, Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc, New York, 3-5 February 1977, lot 54
Exhibited
Ottoman Treasures: Rugs and Ceramics from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 2004, no.44
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