AN OVERGLAZE-PAINTED ALBARELLO POTTERY JAR
Possibly Çanakkale, Turkey or Greece, Western Ottoman Provinces, 19th century

Of typical tapering cylindrical shape, resting on a short straight foot, rising to slanted shoulders, with a straight neck and reinforced rim, the earthenware body painted in red, green and cobalt blue on white ground, the painted decoration consisting of alternating green and blue vertical bands interspersed with red vegetal sprays and buds, to the shoulders a band of dotted roundels and to the neck of chevrons, 18.5cm high.