AN IZNIK POTTERY JUG
Ottoman Turkey, ca. 1580 - 1600

Of pyriform shape, resting on a short, gently splayed, circular foot, rising to a flared, cylindrical neck, with a curved handle on the side, painted in cobalt blue, bole red, and green with black outlines against a milky white ground, the bulbous body decorated with a band of alternating gently bending red carnation and blue tulip stems and smaller stems of rosettes and stylised hyacinths around the base, the neck mirroring the decoration of the body following a standard pattern of Iznik pottery design, repeating short black hatched lines on the waist and handle, and a frieze of Chinese-inspired 'rock and wave' motif below the rim, 26cm high.