A KUTAHYA BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY SAUCER
WEST ANATOLIA, 18TH CENTURY
With wide sloping rim and rounded centre on short foot, the white interior with a bright cobalt-blue stellar flowerhead, the rim with four delicate floral sprays between blue rules with occasional part flowerheads, the exterior with three similar looser drawn floral sprays, rim fritted
7in. (17.7cm.) diam.
Exhibited
Armenian Ceramic Art, Armenian Museum, New York, autumn, 1982.
Lot Essay
Two very similar dishes are in the Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul (Altun, Ara, Carswell, John and ney, Gnl: Sadberk Hanim Museum: Turkish Tiles and Ceramics, Istanbul, 1991, nos. C.10 and C.11, p.61).