A Kütahya Blue and White Bottle Vase, Turkey, 18th Century

mallet-shaped body with sloping shoulder and narrow neck with ring moulding beneath an un-glazed mouth, decorated with underglaze cobalt blue and black, the shoulder and neck with a band of feathery leaves and composite flowers, the body with an arcade of composite palmettes bordered by narrow cross-hatch bands

in good condition, hairline crack running from lip of mouth to mid neck, minor surface abrasion to glaze, as viewed
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A similar example sold in these rooms, 24 October 2007, lot 288. Two vases of similar form are in the Suna and Inan Kiraç collection, (see Akalin and Bilgi 1997, p.66 and p.103, no.124.). The use of the light blue glaze and the arcaded peony design around the body is an indication of the influence of earlier Chinese blue and white kendis from the Ming dynasty that were in circulation in Turkey.