OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1600

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AN IZNIK POTTERY TANKARD
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1600
The white ground decorated in cobalt-blue, bole-red, green and black with curving saz leaves separated by tulips and stylised sprays, strapwork bands above and below, with angular handle, base with old collection stickers
9in. (23cm.) high

Provenance

Private Collection, USA, assembled 1960s and 1970s, from which acquired by the present owner

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Lot Essay

Tankards such as this derive their form from the metalwork of the Balkans, becoming widespread in the latter half of the 16th century throughout Ottoman Turkey. Apart from drinking vessels, such items may well have been used as flower vases. Similar tankards with saz leaf designs can be found in the Ömer Koç Collection (Hülya Bilgi, Iznik. Ömer Koç Collection, Istanbul, 2015, pp.279-281.).

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