AN OTTOMAN TERRA LEMNIA POTTERY JUG of squat baluster form with well rounded body, simple loop handle and short foot, the body impressed with a band of linked floral arabesques between simple geometric bands, a certification stamp impressed at the base of the handle, the interior of the mouth pierced with a central radiating rosette flanked by trefoil roundels, circa 17th century (rim chips, filter with slight damage) 4¾in. (12cm.) high, and ANOTHER SIMILAR on higher pierced foot, the lobed body impressed with a band of carnation cartouches above rosettes, the neck with simple incised meandering motifs, the interior of the mouth originally with a double pierced filter, the lower filter connected to a central rosette supported on the high rising centre of the foot, a stamp impressed below the handle, circa 17th century (filter broken, rim chips) 5½in. (14cm.) high (2)

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AN OTTOMAN TERRA LEMNIA POTTERY JUG of squat baluster form with well rounded body, simple loop handle and short foot, the body impressed with a band of linked floral arabesques between simple geometric bands, a certification stamp impressed at the base of the handle, the interior of the mouth pierced with a central radiating rosette flanked by trefoil roundels, circa 17th century (rim chips, filter with slight damage) 4¾in. (12cm.) high, and ANOTHER SIMILAR on higher pierced foot, the lobed body impressed with a band of carnation cartouches above rosettes, the neck with simple incised meandering motifs, the interior of the mouth originally with a double pierced filter, the lower filter connected to a central rosette supported on the high rising centre of the foot, a stamp impressed below the handle, circa 17th century (filter broken, rim chips) 5½in. (14cm.) high (2)

拍品專文

The clay used in these jugs was popularly supposed to have medicinal properties, and one source was the volcanic island of Lemnos. They are thought to be of the seventeenth century and to have been made at the Golden Horn, Istanbul. A basin of similar material was sold at Sotheby's (Islamic Works of Art etc..., London 15th October 1985, lot 280). A number of these vessels are known with incised and applied ornament, painting and gilding. Examples have been found in Qum and Mosul. A number in the British Museum are said to have been found in Sicily and one of these is similar to ours (Hobson, R.L.: A Guide to the Islamic Pottery of the Near East, British Museum, 1932, pp.35-38, fig.43). Many, including one of these two, have a stamp below the handle in Arabic characters: tin makhtum (terra sigillata).