Lot 346
  • 346

An Ottoman Pottery Ewer with Tombak Mounts, Turkey, 17th/18th Century

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ceramic
of pyriform shape, the body with a turquoise and dark blue underglaze decorated in cintamani pattern, the slender neck with geometric patterns, mounted with a tombak domed cover with open work floral design, ringed neck and serpentine spout and handle, supported on a large splayed tombak foot  


Condition

In overall fairly good condition, some ware to the hinged tombak cover and mounts and few hairline cracks to the ceramic body, as viewed.
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