A TUNISIAN CHEMLA POTTERY JAR WITH COVER
Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa, first half 20th century

A TUNISIAN CHEMLA POTTERY JAR WITH COVER
Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa, first half 20th century

Of rounded shape, the jar resting on a short thick foot rising to a wide circular opening, the cover with a gentle slope, rising to a flaring knob-like finial, painted in the typical Chemla palette of yellow, green, cobalt blue and manganese purple on an off-white ground, later added marks in pink and purple, the jar body and cover featuring a repeating design with green arches framing vertical floral roundels, the shoulders of the cover with a diamond pattern and almond-shaped fretwork band, the finial painted in monochrome green, marked to the base, 26cm high.

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Dimensions: 26cm high