Lot 196
196
AN OTTOMAN TOMBAK EWER
PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION
AN OTTOMAN TOMBAK EWER

TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

Details
AN OTTOMAN TOMBAK EWER
TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
Rising from slightly spread foot to drop-shaped body and narrow waisted cylindrical neck with pronounced knop, handle connecting to hinged dome-shaped lid, simple spout, the body with an engraved roundel
16¼in. (41.3cm.) high
Engraved
In the roundel, bende-i hüda Süleyman Pasa sene 1188, 'Slave of God, Suleyman Pasha, year 1188 [1774-75 AD]'

Brought to you by

Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
+44 (0)20 7389 2196

Lot Essay

This ewer is slightly more elongated and with a slightly more attenuated boss in the neck than frequently found in tombak examples of the form. The shape does however relate to that found on the ewers that decorate the 15th century Mamluk tiles on the Mosque and tomb of Tawrizi in Damascus (John Carswell, 'Six Tiles', Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1972, fig.2b, p.101).

More from Art of the Islamic & Indian Worlds

View All
View All