An Iznik pottery Jug Turkey, circa 1535-50
£8,000 - £12,000
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Turkey, circa 1535-50
Turkey, circa 1535-50
20.5 cm. high
Footnotes
This lot is being sold on behalf of The Erasmus Barlow Expedition Fund.
Provenance:
Sir Alan Barlow Collection; and thence by descent.
Published:
Geza Fehervari, Islamic Pottery. A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection, London, 1973, no. 204, pl. 88a
This jug is an example of Iznik so-called "Damascus ware", distinctive for its incorporation of turquoise and manganese purple into the colour palette, which preceded the introduction of relief red in the mid 1550s. It relates to a jug published by Sotheby's (Arts of the Islamic World, 27th April 2005, lot 177); and a plate in the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (Maria Queiroz Ribeiro, Isnik Pottery, Lisbon, 1996, pp. 123-23, no. 16;