A RED-ENAMELLED OPALESCENT WHITE BLOWN GLASS JUG
Possibly Beykoz, Istanbul, Ottoman Turkey, 19th century

Of pyriform shape, resting on a splayed circular foot of opaline glass, rising to a tall cylindrical neck with everted rim, to the side an applied S-shaped handle as well of opaline glass, the pointil mark clearly visible, the body and neck decorated with overglaze-painted red enamel wavy bands reminiscent of early Islamic marvered glass models, 18.5cm high.

A similar decorative motif and overglaze-painted enamelling technique can be seen on a Beykoz opalescent blown glass container in the shape of a bird (Stefano Carboni and David Whitehouse, Glass of the Sultans, 2001, p. 293, cat. 148), leading to suggest a similar attribution and dating for our jug.