A KUTAHYA POTTERY PILGRIM FLASK
TURKEY, 20TH CENTURY
Of typical form with rounded body and flattened sides, rising to thin cylindrical neck with flaring mouth, the white ground painted in green, yellow, manganese, blue and bole-red, one side with a winged cherubim surrounded by cusped hanging medallions, the other side with stellar motif surrounded by fish, one side with inscription in Armenian bordered by red bands and polychrome scrolling vine, intact
7 1/8in. (18cm.) high
Lot Essay
The inscription in Armenian reads badgerahan torosin, 'for the image maker Toros'
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