Details
AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
TURKEY, THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
With spherical body and slightly waisted cylindrical neck, loop handle and short foot, the body and neck each painted with a band of scrolling tendrils issuing flowerheads and leafy sprays reserved against a light cobalt-blue ground, minor green and black border above, rim chips, hair crack, handle restored
8½in. (21.3cm.) high
TURKEY, THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
With spherical body and slightly waisted cylindrical neck, loop handle and short foot, the body and neck each painted with a band of scrolling tendrils issuing flowerheads and leafy sprays reserved against a light cobalt-blue ground, minor green and black border above, rim chips, hair crack, handle restored
8½in. (21.3cm.) high
Provenance
Adda Collection
Private Collection, England
Private Collection, England
Literature
Rackham, Bernard: Islamic Pottery and Islamic Maiolica, London, 1959, no.71, p.28 and pl.35A
Collection d'un Grand Amateur, sale catalogue of the Adda Collection, Palais Galliera, Paris, 3 December 1965, lot 813
Collection d'un Grand Amateur, sale catalogue of the Adda Collection, Palais Galliera, Paris, 3 December 1965, lot 813