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M. C. Bacos This collector was, as Nomikos. Lagonicos and Benaki, another member of the Greek community of Alexandria. As Adda and Nimikos he was also in the cotton trade. Two pieces from his collection were exhibited at the 1925 exhibition in Alexandria.

AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1560

Details

AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1560
Of baluster form on short foot rising to gently flaring mouth and with simple loop handle, decorated with cobalt-blue, red-bole and black outline with small areas of green, the body with clusters of three small fleshy white saz leaves with red highlights, the middle one issuing a long curling stem issuing another saz leaf, the stems forming panels each containing a cluster of three saz leaves, all reserved on a blue ground, the neck with a similar but simplified design, the base with band of stylized marbling, the waist with simple plait and green fringe band, the mouth with a band of spirals on green ground, excellent glaze, mouth chipped, hairline cracks, restoration to handle and base of body
8 1/8in. (20.6cm.) high

Provenance

M.C.Bacos Collection, Alexandria
Adda Collection, Alexandria, sold Palais Galliera, Paris, 3 December 1965, lot 863
Private Collection, Marseille

Literature

Gaston Migeon: Les arts decoratifs musulmans, Alexandria, 1925, pl.40, p.13.
Bernard Rackham: Islamic Pottery and Italian Majolica, London, 1959, no.96, pp.31-2 and pl.71A.

Exhibited

Meisterwerke muhammedanische Kunst, Munich, 1910 (per Rackham).
Les Arts Musulmans, Alexandria, 1925.

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Lot Essay

What gives this jug particularly powerful movement is the branches which curl over the groups of three leaves and form an arcade. This is found on a jug with original cover in the Gulbenkian Collection from slightly earlier in the century which uses the manganese and sage green palette (Maria qQeiroz Ribeiro: Iznik Pottery ,Lisbon, 1996, no.19, p.126).

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