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A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF KUTAHYA POTTERY (LOT 242-254)
In the 18th century, the Armenian potters at Kutahya flourished, producing a wide range of vessels as well as the pictorial and decorative tiles in the Armenian Cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem, which are dated 1718-19. Kutahya was a centre of pottery production documented as early as 1608, when the Turkish governor there is recorded as having received instruction from Istanbul that the 'masters who make cups in Kutahya' should sell some of their soda (a raw material used for pottery) to the potters of Iznik who were running short (Arthur Lane, Later Islamic Pottery, London, 1957, p.63). Some of the works produced in Kutahya are obviously made for Christian patrons, see for example the flask depicting St. George (lot 254) or the stoup (lot 253). However the potters of Kutahya did not exclusively work for Christians - some tiles in the 18th century found their way into Ottoman mosques, a reversal of the situation at the end of the 17th century when Muslim potters had taken to working for Christian patrons (Yanni Petsopoulos (ed.), Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans. Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire, London, 1982, p.88).
A BLUE AND WHITE KUTAHYA POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
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A BLUE AND WHITE KUTAHYA POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
Rising from short vertical foot, the rounded lower body tapering to slightly everted cylindrical neck, simple loop handle linking neck and body, the white surface decorated in two shades of blue, the body with moulded lattice of lozenge-shaped facets in which each band contains a different floral or geometric motif, the neck with stepped bands of floral sprays above a band of scrolls and small triangular motifs, the handle with a series of lobed cartouches, rim chipped, small areas of restoration
7¼in. (18.6cm.) high
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
Rising from short vertical foot, the rounded lower body tapering to slightly everted cylindrical neck, simple loop handle linking neck and body, the white surface decorated in two shades of blue, the body with moulded lattice of lozenge-shaped facets in which each band contains a different floral or geometric motif, the neck with stepped bands of floral sprays above a band of scrolls and small triangular motifs, the handle with a series of lobed cartouches, rim chipped, small areas of restoration
7¼in. (18.6cm.) high
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