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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1560
Details
AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1560
Of baluster form on short foot rising to a gently flaring mouth, simple loop handle, the white body decorated in cobalt-blue, green and black with two registers of white foliate scrolls issuing palmettes and flowerheads, the base with a broad white band between black rings, the waist with a stippled white band with green fringing, the mouth with a band of black spirals on green ground, excellent glaze, handle replaced, hairline crack in mouth
8½in. (21.5cm.) high
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1560
Of baluster form on short foot rising to a gently flaring mouth, simple loop handle, the white body decorated in cobalt-blue, green and black with two registers of white foliate scrolls issuing palmettes and flowerheads, the base with a broad white band between black rings, the waist with a stippled white band with green fringing, the mouth with a band of black spirals on green ground, excellent glaze, handle replaced, hairline crack in mouth
8½in. (21.5cm.) high
Provenance
Adda Collection, Alexandria, sold Palais Galliera, Paris, 3 December 1965, lot 813
with Cyril Humphris
Private London Collection, sold in these Rooms, 19 October 1995, lot 311
Sold in these Rooms, 26 April 2005, lot 71
with Cyril Humphris
Private London Collection, sold in these Rooms, 19 October 1995, lot 311
Sold in these Rooms, 26 April 2005, lot 71
Literature
Bernard Rackham, Islamic Pottery and Italian Majolica, London, 1959, no.71, p.28 and pl.35A
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