A KUTAHYA POTTERY TEAPOT

WEST ANATOLIA, 18TH CENTURY

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A KUTAHYA POTTERY TEAPOT
WEST ANATOLIA, 18TH CENTURY
Of spherical form rising to a vertical rim, on short foot, simple scrolling handle, rising slightly everted tubular spout, the white body painted in bright colours with bold almost abstract floral designs in two registers, the upper with swags, the lower with continuous bands of flowers, a band of floral sprays on the underside of the spout, similar leaf-motifs up the handle, the body pierced through with three leaf shapes to allow the tea to pass to the spout, 'signed' with a floral spray and also in naskh, possibly reading "Riwaz", rim chipped, crack around foot,
4.1/8in. (10.4cm.) high

Exhibited

Armenian Ceramic Art, Armenian Museum, New York, autumn, 1982.

Lot Essay

The inscription under the foot is another version of what appears to be the only signature in arabic script to appear on Kutahya pottery. John Carswell notes the appearance of this signature on seven other vessels, usually following Lane in his reading of it as Siwaz (Carswell, John: Kutahya Tiles and Pottery from the Armenian Cathedral of St. James, Jerusalem, Oxford, 1972, Vol.II, appendix G., pp.94-6). A further teapot with the same signature, but more clearly read as Riwaz is in a private European Collection.

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