A Kütahya polychrome pottery milk jug, Turkey, 18th century
Auction Closed
October 25, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
with globular squatted body and everted neck, decorated in blue, green, yellow and red with stylised bands of flowers and foliage motifs dotted with red spots, the handle with tricoloured leaf design, a maker's mark forming an arabesque composed of four curved strokes to the underside
11.5cm. height
Similar jugs without spouts are documented in C.J.F. Dowsett and J. Carswell, Kütahya tiles and pottery from the Armenian cathedral of St. James, Jerusalem, 1972, p.25 & 31, fig.12b, although the present piece does not present carvings.
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