AN OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) EWER AND BASIN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
AN OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) EWER AND BASIN
TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
The ewer with a rounded body decorated with a row of diagonally-set saz leaves alternated with plaited arabesques, the shoulder with a row of cypress trees rising to an elongated neck with a domed lid attaching to the thin loop handle with a hinge and a long curving spout, the basin with slightly curving sides incised on the exterior with a repeated decoration of arabesque cartouches, the everted rim with a scrolling vine, the interior and base plain, some loss to gilding commensurate with age
Basin 13 3/8in. (34.1cm.) diam.; ewer 13 5/8in. (34.5cm.) high
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AN OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) EWER AND BASIN
TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
The ewer with a rounded body decorated with a row of diagonally-set saz leaves alternated with plaited arabesques, the shoulder with a row of cypress trees rising to an elongated neck with a domed lid attaching to the thin loop handle with a hinge and a long curving spout, the basin with slightly curving sides incised on the exterior with a repeated decoration of arabesque cartouches, the everted rim with a scrolling vine, the interior and base plain, some loss to gilding commensurate with age
Basin 13 3/8in. (34.1cm.) diam.; ewer 13 5/8in. (34.5cm.) high
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