Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Auction Closed
October 27, 04:55 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
AN UNUSUAL SAMSON IZNIK-STYLE POTTERY CANDLESTICK, FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY
of candlestick form, decorated in underglaze dark and lighter green with tiger-stripe and cintamani design
20.5cm.
Ex-private collection, France.
The Samson factory in France was particularly active producing copies of Iznik pottery in the late nineteenth century. Iznik candlesticks are rare and of a form originally inspired from metalwork. The present example stylises one of the most iconic designs of Iznik, the so-called tiger stripes which are usually paired with the cintamani dots (as on the drip pan of this example). A jug in the David Collection, Copenhagen, inv. no.1/1962, shows off how striking this design can appear.