OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

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A KUTAHYA POTTERY COFFEE POT
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
With rounded body and sloping shoulder, on short flat foot, the tall straight neck rising from a slightly raised ring above the shoulder, with everted squared spout, the loop handle joining the body to the neck, with domed lid hinged to the neck, decorated with alternating red and yellow medallions with palmettes and further polychrome floral sprays, maker's mark under the foot, minor chips, knop a later replacement, foot repaired
6 1/8in. (15.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This coffee pot bears close resemblance to one in the Keir Collection that was formerly in the Adda Collection (Oliver Watson in B.W. Robinson et al, Islamic Art in the Keir Collection, London, 1988, C.105, pl. 59, p.247, published also in Bernard Rackham, Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica, London, 1959, no.229, p.53). Another similar ewer sold in these Rooms, 12 October 1999, lot 394.

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