Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
A large Kütahya polychrome pottery bowl, Turkey, 18th century
Auction Closed
March 30, 12:47 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
On a short straight foot, of deep form with straight sides, painted in yellow, brick red, green and blue with black outlining, the outside decorated with four almond-shaped leaves with either a yellow or brick red ground filled with green and blue flower spays, interspersed by floral sprays, the inside decorated with the same almond-shaped leaves, the inner rim with a band of floral motifs, the bottom with a blue flower within a hexagon surrounded by yellow leaves
19.4cm. diam.; 11.3cm. height
A close comparable to this bowl is now in the Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul, inv. no.SHM 18387-P.936, published in Bilgi 2018, p.146, no.35. Of similar size, the exterior is also decorated with almond-shaped leaves filled with flower sprays, the inner rim is decorated with a similar band of floral motifs and the centre bears a similar hexagon enclosing a blue flower.