Lot Essay
For a similar ewer see Sotheby's London, 18 April 2007, lot 194. There they note a similar example, although re-gilded, which is on display at the Wallace Collection in London.
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PROBABLY DIYARBAKIR, EASTERN TURKEY, OR BALKANS, 18TH CENTURY
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AN OTTOMAN ENAMELLED TOMBAK EWER AND BASIN
PROBABLY DIYARBAKIR, EASTERN TURKEY, OR BALKANS, 18TH CENTURY
With rounded body, on short splayed foot, with slightly waisted neck, slender cuving spout and applied strap handle, domed lid with knop finial, the body decorated with fish-scale motifs regularly interrupted with roundels and obelisks containing reciprocal design, the neck and foot with engraved foliate motif, all with applied circular bosses set with polychrome enamels, the basin of rounded form with everted rim and separate pierced inner cover with raised stand, the rim with foliate motifs set at regular intervals with enamelled bosses, the inner cover similarly set, slight losses of enamel, handle detached at body
16in. (40.7cm.) high
PROBABLY DIYARBAKIR, EASTERN TURKEY, OR BALKANS, 18TH CENTURY
With rounded body, on short splayed foot, with slightly waisted neck, slender cuving spout and applied strap handle, domed lid with knop finial, the body decorated with fish-scale motifs regularly interrupted with roundels and obelisks containing reciprocal design, the neck and foot with engraved foliate motif, all with applied circular bosses set with polychrome enamels, the basin of rounded form with everted rim and separate pierced inner cover with raised stand, the rim with foliate motifs set at regular intervals with enamelled bosses, the inner cover similarly set, slight losses of enamel, handle detached at body
16in. (40.7cm.) high
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