Lot Essay
The Armenian inscription reads tseramp meghabard yev anarjhan Kevork, 'By the hand [of the] sinful and worthless Kevork'.
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TURKEY, 20TH CENTURY
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A KUTAHYA POLYCHROME POTTERY EWER
TURKEY, 20TH CENTURY
Rising from short foot through rounded body tapering to thin neck with pronounced collar and terminating in flaring mouth, curved handle and spout with snake's head finial with openwork lattice between the base of the spout and the body, the white ground painted in yellow, manganese, green, bole-red and blue, with a series of geometric and floral patterns and a band of stylized fish below, Armenian inscription on either side of the lattice opposite the spout, intact
9¼in. (23.5cm.) high
TURKEY, 20TH CENTURY
Rising from short foot through rounded body tapering to thin neck with pronounced collar and terminating in flaring mouth, curved handle and spout with snake's head finial with openwork lattice between the base of the spout and the body, the white ground painted in yellow, manganese, green, bole-red and blue, with a series of geometric and floral patterns and a band of stylized fish below, Armenian inscription on either side of the lattice opposite the spout, intact
9¼in. (23.5cm.) high