A Kütahya blue and white bottle vase, Turkey, 18th century

of pyriform body with sloping shoulder and narrow neck with ring moulding and flared mouth, decorated with underglaze cobalt blue, with a band of interlocking C scrolls below an arcade of dot and scroll patterning, the shoulder with feathery leaves and flowers, the neck with an arcade of pine leaves, the mouth with foliate scrolls the rim with a narrow dot and cross-hatch band

in good condition, small chips to footring, minor irregularities, chips and cracquelure to glaze, as viewed
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This unusual blue and white vase is an imitation of an earlier metalwork form, two vases of similar shape are in the Suna and Inan Kiraç collection, (see Akalin and Bilgi 1997, p.66, no.47 and p.103, no.124).