OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590

Details

AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1590
Of baluster form on short foot rising to a flaring trumpet mouth and with simple loop handle, the white body decorated in cobalt-blue, bole-red, black and green, with alternating large blue saz leaves and red hyacinth sprays each rising from a tuft of leaves, the neck with similar but reduced design, a ring of stylized marbling at the base, a register of green overlapping lappets and a smaller white band at the waist, a band of white and red half-rosettes on blue ground at the mouth, intact, small hairline crack to mouth
9½in. (24.2cm.) high

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The soft orange tone is very similar to that on a jug in the Barlow Collection which alternates hyacinths seen here with other floral sprays (Geza Fehérvári: Islamic Pottery, A Comprehensive Study based on the Barlow Collection, London, 1973, no.265, p.169, col.pl.O). It is more unusual to find the red hyacinths seen here as opposed to the normal blue.

More from IZNIK POTTERY: THE VINCENT BULENT COLLECTION

View All