ID 932135
Lot 128 | A LARGE IZNIK POTTERY TANKARD
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580
Of typical form with angular handle, the white ground decorated in turquoise, cobalt-blue and bole-red with repeating bands of small turquoise clouds alternated with cobalt-blue dots, bands of red and white strapwork above and below, the handle with cobalt-blue accents, rim chips with small areas of restoration
71/2in. (19.2cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Josef Kranz, Vienna,
Sold Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auction-Haus, Berlin, 8 November 1927, lot 21
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 30 May 1986, lot 115
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 9th October 2014, lot 90
Exhibited
Ottoman Treasures: Rugs and Ceramics from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 2004, no.43
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
| Category: | Tankards |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
| Category: | Tankards |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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