"AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG, 16TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1580, OTTOMAN, TU...

Hammer

£7,000

"AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG,
16TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1580,
OTTOMAN, TURKEY
"
Of typical pyriform shape, resting on a short foot, rising to a tall everted neck, with a sinuous handle to the side, painted in blue, green, red and black on a white ground, the typical Ottoman Iznik decoration with cintamani designs and follower sprays of tulips and carnations on the body and a band of wave and rock motifs on the mouth, fretwork designs on the handle, the base with stylised ring, some chips

21,5 cm height