An Iznik polychrome pottery jug, Turkey, circa 1570
Auction Closed
April 29, 03:14 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of baluster form with slightly everted neck and loop handle, painted in underglaze cobalt-blue, green and bole-red outlined in black, decorated with two registers of pomegranates enclosing cintamani with paired tulips
21cm. height
Ex-collection Sir Alan Barlow (1881-1968), London and Oxford;
Thence by descent
G. Fehérvári, Islamic Pottery. A Comprehensive Study based on the Barlow Collection, London, 1973, no.297, plate 115d
A closely related jug decorated with pomegranate cartouches enclosing cintamani flanked by paired tulips with the addition of larger cintamani was sold at Christie's, London, 26 April 2012, lot 251, and a further related jug decorated with the same cartouches divided by cintamani is in the Musée National de la Renaissance, Château d'Écouen (inv. no.ECL8402, Hitzel and Jacotin 2005, p.65, no.18).
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