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Lot Essay
The Iznik bottle is a rare form. The knop at the centre of the neck is a feature indicative of the influence of metalwork, absent on the earliest Iznik bottles. A slightly later silver mounted zinc bottle, made for the court at Istanbul demonstrates the metal form (sold in these Rooms, 12 October 2004, lot 126). There are also two slightly smaller bottles with comparable designs both from the Godman Collection and now in the British Museum (Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik, the Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, pl.728 and 729). Of all of these however the present example manages to convey the greatest sense of movement, with the swaying saz leaves and floral blooms.
Although Iznik bottles appear on the market relatively infrequently, the other examples to have done so include - Christie's, 21 June 2000, lots 39 and 42, 29 April 2003, lot 163, 26 April 2005, lot 11 and 46; Sotheby's 24 April 1990, lot 386 and Bonham's 4 October 2011, lot 147.
Although Iznik bottles appear on the market relatively infrequently, the other examples to have done so include - Christie's, 21 June 2000, lots 39 and 42, 29 April 2003, lot 163, 26 April 2005, lot 11 and 46; Sotheby's 24 April 1990, lot 386 and Bonham's 4 October 2011, lot 147.