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Lot 124*

An Ottoman gilt-copper (tombak) Ewer and Basin
Turkey, dated AH 1183/ 1769-70 AD
(3)

8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £35,000 inc. premium

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An Ottoman gilt-copper (tombak) Ewer and Basin
Turkey, dated AH 1183/ 1769-70 AD

the ewer of compressed globular form on a short rounded foot with long flaring neck, curved spout and elaborate handle terminating in scrolls at either end, the hinged domed lid with knop finial, the body and lid decorated with a moulded bands of swirling panels, the shoulder with engraved tughra incorporating further inscription and date; the basin of squat form with wide flaring rim and removable circular lid with openwork lattice design and raised central boss, the body and rim decorated with moulded bands of swirling panels
the ewer 33 cm. high; the basin 35 cm. diam.(3)

Footnotes

Provenance:
From the estate of Ambassador George C. McGhee (1912-2005), US Assistant Secretary for State for the Near East, South Asia and Africa 1949; US Ambassador to Turkey 1951-53 and to Germany 1963-68. His interests were wide-ranging and he collected primarily during the 1940s-70s.

Proceeds from the sale of this lot will be used to support the programs and operations of the McGhee Foundation, Middleburg, VA.

Inscriptions: in tughra form, sa'adetlu camasira suycu usta hazretleri 1183, "His excellence the felicitous head washerman of the [royal] laundry AH 1183/ AD 1769-70".

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