Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets

Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets

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A large Kütahya moulded pottery ewer, Turkey, 18th century

Auction Closed

March 31, 12:40 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

of baluster form resting on a splayed foot, with S-shaped handle and faceted spout, moulded and painted in underglaze cobalt blue and yellow with an arcade of cypress tree cartouches alternating with flowering stems below registers of foliate scrolls, underside of foot with three-stemmed motif and remnants of old collection label


29cm. height

Sotheby's London, 6 October 2010, lot 353.
Comparable ewers are in the Suna and Inan Kiraç Collection (S. Akalin and H. Bilgi, Delights of Kütahya Tiles and Pottery in the Suna & İnan Kıraç Collection, 1997, nos.40, 42 and 43) and the Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf.