Lot Essay
For the same inscription on other 18th century Kutahya ware, see Hülya Bilgi, Kütahya tiles and ceramics, Istanbul, 2006. no.76.
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A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF KUTAHYA POTTERY
Located in western Anatolia, Kutahya was a center for the manufacture of ceramics as far back as the 15th century. Its pottery production peaked in the 18th century however, when rival sites - Iznik in particular - declined, Kutahya was left the possibility of enlarging its market. A vibrant and cosmopolitan center, with a large Armenian community and meeting point of a number of trade routes, Kutahya produced a large variety of pottery vessels and tiles all characteristically decorated in bright colors under a transparent glaze.
The most popular form of Kutahya pottery were coffee cups and saucers, which were traded across the Mediterranean and have been found and excavated as far as London and the United States (Yolande Crowe, ‘Kütahya Ceramics and International Armenian Trade Networks, V Online Journal, Issue no.3 Spring 2011, ISN 2043-667X). This private collection of pottery cups and mugs (lot 204-210) is a good example of the variety and the colorfulness of Kutahya ceramics produced in the first half of the 18th century.
TWO KUTAHYA POTTERY CUPS
SIGNED AYVAZ, WESTERN ANATOLIA, 18TH CENTURY
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TWO KUTAHYA POTTERY CUPS
SIGNED AYVAZ, WESTERN ANATOLIA, 18TH CENTURY
Each with a cylindrical slightly waisted body on short foot, loop handle, the white ground painted in bole-red, green, manganese and turquoise, the body with floral motifs and geometric decoration, maker's marks' on the underside of the bases, one intact, the other with repaired breaks to rim
The tallest 2 7/8in. (7cm.) high
SIGNED AYVAZ, WESTERN ANATOLIA, 18TH CENTURY
Each with a cylindrical slightly waisted body on short foot, loop handle, the white ground painted in bole-red, green, manganese and turquoise, the body with floral motifs and geometric decoration, maker's marks' on the underside of the bases, one intact, the other with repaired breaks to rim
The tallest 2 7/8in. (7cm.) high
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