A Damascus pottery bottle with metal mount, Syria, second half of 16th century

of compressed globular form with slender waisted neck with torus moulding and flaring mouth with engraved brass mount, on a short everted foot, painted under the glaze in cobalt blue, apple green and outlined in black with a glide repeat pattern of flowerheads in circular cartouches alternating with paired leaves, the design repeated in reserve on the neck, between minor bands painted in black

Intact with no repair, some rubbing to the glaze, overall good condition, as viewed.
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