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Rare siliceous ceramic pitcher, bardak, with piriform body with polychrome painted decoration under colourless glaze.
Rare çintamani decoration of stylized Chinese clouds in white and turquoise, on a beautiful plain background in cobalt blue.
Iznik, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1550.
H. 19,7 cm, D. 13 cm.
(Restorations, chips)
Oval label bearing the n°19 "Kélékian" and rectangular label "Ausstellu(...) ham.
Mün(...) / Kélekian / Ori. Paris / Lfde. Nr. 19"
PROVENANCE:
- collection Dikran Kélékian (1867-1951)
- exhibited in Munich in 1910: Austellung von
Meisterwerken muhammedanischer under number 1528 (R. 68), described: "Henkelkrug.
Weisses wolkenmuster auf dunkelblauem grund. Turkeï. 16. Jahrh. Kelekian, Paris."
- private collection, France.
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