AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1585
AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1585
Of baluster form on short foot rising to slightly flaring mouth and with simple loop handle, the body with a green fish-scale ground punctuated by white stylised pomegranates containing bole-red cintamani motifs, white plaited register at base of neck and around foot, band of S-scrolls in black and bole-red at rim, the handle decorated with a cobalt-blue stripe motif, restoration to handle and neck
8 ¼in. (20.6cm.) high
Provenance
Danish collection by 1981, thence by descent
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AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1585
Of baluster form on short foot rising to slightly flaring mouth and with simple loop handle, the body with a green fish-scale ground punctuated by white stylised pomegranates containing bole-red cintamani motifs, white plaited register at base of neck and around foot, band of S-scrolls in black and bole-red at rim, the handle decorated with a cobalt-blue stripe motif, restoration to handle and neck
8 ¼in. (20.6cm.) high
Provenance
Danish collection by 1981, thence by descent