AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG

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£ 20 000
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27.10.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 828647
Lot 140 | AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1575-80

Of baluster form on short foot, rising to a slightly flared mouth with simple handle, the white body decorated with cobalt-blue, green, bole red, and black under the glaze with alternating sprays of blue hyacinths and red plum blossoms, a similar but reduced pattern on the neck, two bands of black s-motifs around the base and one around the neck, with scrolls around the mouth, historic collection stickers on the base

9 3/8in. (23.7cm.) high





Provenance

Ex-collection Édouard Aynard, Lyon (1837-1913)



Exhibited

Exposition Retrospective d'art ancien, Musée d’Art et d’Industrie de Lyon, 1877, no.186 (as per label to underside of foot).
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