Lot 194
  • 194

An Ottoman enamelled tombak ewer, eastern Turkey, probably Diyarbakir, 18th century

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

of beaten gilt copper, baluster form with narrow slightly everted neck on short foot, serpentine spout and applied strap handle, onion-form cover with knop finial, the body engraved with flowers and scale pattern and with raised vertical leaf-form flanges and applied circular bosses set with polychrome enamels

Catalogue Note

A similar example with re-gilding is on display at the Wallace Collection, London.