AN OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) EWER
Ottoman Turkey, late 18th - 19th century

Of low pyriform shape, resting on a flat circular base, rising to an hourglass-shaped neck with a bulging ring in the middle and a flared circular rim, with a hinged domed lid with a vegetal finial resembling a pine cone, to each side an S-shaped handle and sinuous spout, the exterior fully gilt and engraved with hanging floral garlands enhanced with ring-punched patterning, a horizontal vegetal strand to the neck and a similar floral garland to the lid, 29.3cm high.

Similar tombak ewers have been successfully selling in the London auction market in recent years. For further reference, please see Christie's London, 11 April 2014, lot 379; and 23 April 2015, lot 190. For an almost identical example, please see Christie's London, 27 April 2012, lot 773.