AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570

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AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570
Of baluster form on short foot rising to flaring trumpet mouth and with simple loop handle, decorated in turquoise, cobalt-blue, bole-red and black, the body with allover design of scrolling arabesques issuing white and blue fleshy lobed leaves reserved on a turquoise ground, the neck with similar register of single leaves curling to the left, the base with a band of stylised marbling, the slightly raised waist with plait at the join and a border of red and blue-accented fringes below, the mouth with a band of simple black spirals, the handle with blue splashes, some chips to mouth, intact
9¾in. (24.7cm.) high

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