AN IZNIK POTTERY FLOWER VASE

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590

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AN IZNIK POTTERY FLOWER VASE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590
Of baluster form rising from spreading foot to raised and inverted mouth, the shoulder pierced with a band of holes for the stems of flowers, the white ground of the body painted in cobalt-blue, bole-red and green with small arabesques flanked by scrolling paired peonies and divided by paired cypress trees, a band of lappets around the shoulder and foot, the mouth with interlaced rope pattern on red ground, mouth repaired
6½in. (16.5cm.) high

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Vincent Bulent Collection, Christie's, London, 26 April 2005, lot 54.

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This is an extremely rare form of Iznik vase, where the shoulder has been pierced for single blooms. One published example was formerly in the Godman collection; of almost identical form to the present vase, it is decorated with carnations encircled by saz leaves (Arthur Lane, Later Islamic Pottery, London, 1957, fig.41A, also discussed pp.58, 60 and 114-115; Türkische Kunst und Kultur aus osmanischer Zeit, exhibition catalogue, Recklinghausen, 1985, vol.2, no, p.155). A further example is in the British Museum (J. M. Rogers, Islamic Art and Design, London, 1983, no.131, not illustrated). The Godman vase has a mark on the base in the form of an S intersected by a T, a mark that is usually found on majolica. Lane concluded that it was probable that such pieces were conceived for export to Italy. He notes that he was aware of only four vases of this design. One, which retains its original lid, in the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Dresden (Kurt Erdmann, 'Neue Arbeiten zur Türkischen Keramik', Ars Orientalis, Vol. V, 1963, Tafel 18, Abb. 58).