19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN UNUSUAL AND RARE GOLD-ENAMELLED AND DARK BROWN-GLAZED CANAKKALE POTTERY VASE
Çanakkale, Ottoman Turkey, late 19th - early 20th century
AN UNUSUAL AND RARE GOLD-ENAMELLED AND DARK BROWN-GLAZED CANAKKALE POTTERY VASE
Çanakkale, Ottoman Turkey, late 19th - early 20th century
The body pyriform, resting on a stepped circular foot, with a curved handle at the back, the tall tapering neck and head decorated with a virtuoso pottery work of applied moulded figures including a winged horse at the top, followed by vegetal festoons around the neck and an eagle with wide spread wings (head missing) on the body, flanked by two pyriform vases with applied rosette roundels, highlighted with overglaze enamelling in red and gold reproducing vegetal stems and foliage.
41.5cm high
Estimated at £600 - £800
AN UNUSUAL AND RARE GOLD-ENAMELLED AND DARK BROWN-GLAZED CANAKKALE POTTERY VASE
Çanakkale, Ottoman Turkey, late 19th - early 20th century
The body pyriform, resting on a stepped circular foot, with a curved handle at the back, the tall tapering neck and head decorated with a virtuoso pottery work of applied moulded figures including a winged horse at the top, followed by vegetal festoons around the neck and an eagle with wide spread wings (head missing) on the body, flanked by two pyriform vases with applied rosette roundels, highlighted with overglaze enamelling in red and gold reproducing vegetal stems and foliage.
41.5cm high
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
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Viewing:
13th June - 10:00 - 17:00
14th June - 11:00 - 16:00
15th June - 11:00 - 16:00
16th June - 10:00 - 17:00
17th June - 10:00 - 17:00
18th June - 10:00 - 17:00
