OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF OTTOMAN SILVER ENAMELLED SAHLEP CUPS
OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each of typical high, slightly flaring form with intricate scrolling handle and separate domed cover with floral finial and individual saucers, all with lavender-blue enamel ground around white medallions surrounded by gilt floral arabesques, the interior gilt with marked numbers, one handle slightly loose, minor loss of enamel
5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

The shape of the vessel and decorative arrangement found here is very similar to that of a cup and cover attributed probably to the Yildiz porcelain manufacture in the late 19th century (Stephen Vernoit, Occidentalism, the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, London, 1997, no.124, pp.174-6). Although there is a great difference in actual technique, both have European-influenced rococo silver designs set against a light coloured ground.

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