A fine Kütahya polychrome pottery bottle vase, Turkey, 18th century

the mallet-shaped body with sloping shoulder and narrow neck with ring moulding beneath a flaring mouth, decorated with underglaze cobalt blue, turquoise, yellow, manganese and relief red, outlined in black with scrolling branches with feathery leaves and composite flowers, bordered by narrow bands of dot and chain motif

break to mouth with associated repair, minor abrasions and hairline cracks to glaze, colour bright and clear, as viewed
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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).