Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets

Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets

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A RARE OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) BOZALIK (BOZA EWER), TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

October 27, 04:55 PM GMT

Estimate

18,000 - 25,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A RARE OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) BOZALIK (BOZA EWER), TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY


the bulbous body on a splayed foot, with hinged domical lid with foliate terminal and twisted s-form handle, engraved and punched with floral details within entwined band, inscription to underside of foot (779?)


32.6cm. 

Monumental and sculptural, this bozalik would have been used to serve the fermented grain beverage known as boza. Produced in gilt-copper 'tombak' and featuring a ribbon-like design with flowers reminiscent of a Europeanised decorative repertoire, such a vessel would have impressed in an elegant Ottoman household. Few models survive, with a comparable example in the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum, Istanbul (inv. no.4220), see Tekdemir et al 2018, p.26.