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Lot 152
  • 152

An Iznik polychrome pottery jug, Turkey, circa 1575

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • ceramic
with pyriform body and slightly flaring neck on an everted foot with an S-shaped handle attached at the rim and shoulder, with an underglaze cobalt blue ground and a design consisting of two rows of alternating saz leaves and prunus wreaths with green and relief red details and black outlines

Provenance

Ex-Kelekian Collection

Condition

In good condition, part of neck broken and restored with associated overpainting, foot restored, old collection label to underside of foot, as viewed.
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