A MAGNIFICENT OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) EWER

TURKEY, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

细节

A MAGNIFICENT OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) EWER
TURKEY, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Of tall baluster form rising from a short bevelled foot to a slightly waisted neck, one profile slightly flattened, the double curving cast spout decorated with leaves, with its original stopper, the rounded tapering lid with ribbed knop, the cast foliated loop handle joining the shoulder to the top of the neck, the body and lid with finely engraved rococo decoration, two original tombak chains joining the two suspension loops to the knop, the gilding very slightly rubbed on one side, minor old dents, otherwise in very good condition
12 7/8in. (37.8cm.) high

荣誉呈献

Romain Pingannaud

查阅状况报告或联络我们查询更多拍品资料

rpingannaud@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2374

登入

浏览状况报告

拍品专文

A pair of tombak ewers exhibited in the Kyburg Gallery, London, in 1988 show a decoration similar to our ewer with acanthus leaves and floral sprays. Both ewers had retained their chains linking the stopper and the lid to the body. This type of ewer with screwing stoppers was supposedly made to bring back holy water from the well of zem zem after the pilgrimage to Mecca (E. Grünberg & E. M. Torn, Four Centuries of Ottoman Taste, London, 1988, cat.40).

A ewer of identical shape was sold at Sotheby's, 21 October 1993, lot 207. A comparable ewer is in the Aron Collection (James W. Allan, Metalwork of the Islamic World, p.114-5, cat.24). With another ewer sold at Sotheby's, London, 15 October 2003, lot 68, they are very good examples of the Ottoman baroque style which starts developing during the reign of Ahmed III (r.1703-1730).