A European porcelain covered jug (Asurelik) for the Ottoman market with Tughra of Abdülmecid (r.1839-1861)

of baluster form, with elaborate gilt-scroll handle, finely painted with summer flowers within two roundels, rose-pink ground between gilt rims, lid with swan finial, front roundel issuing foliate sprays containing the gilded tughra 

In very good overall condition, minor rubbing to the gilding, particularly around the mouth rim and on the handle, colours and gold bright, as viewed.
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A pair of comparable asureliks (from Sévres) which also bear the tughra of Sultan Abdülmecid can be found in the Dolmabahçe Palace (see Dolmabahce Sarayi, [Ed. Cemal Oztas], Istanbul, 2005, pp.44-45).