A Kütahya polychrome pottery jar and a figural beaker, Turkey, 18th century

the beaker of straight cylindrical form painted in red, yellow, green and maroon with black outlines, decorated with a repeated patterns of couples embracing and a figure holding two foliate branches, interspersed with abstract floral and animal motifs including fishes, snakes, and a ewer, the interior with a band of seraphs under the rim and an abstract vegetal motif with four branches at the base; the jar of hemispherical shape on short splayed foot with a metallic rim, painted in yellow, cobalt blue and turquoise with black outlines, decorated with three medallions filled with rosettes and interspersed with floral compositions, a leaf form motif raised in high relief on the shoulder

the jar: 16cm. max. diam.

the beaker: 10.4cm. height