19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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A LARGE GOLD-ENAMELLED AND GREEN-SPLASHED WHITE-GLAZED CANAKKALE POTTERY EWER
Çanakkale, Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
A LARGE GOLD-ENAMELLED AND GREEN-SPLASHED WHITE-GLAZED CANAKKALE POTTERY EWER
Çanakkale, Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
Of pyriform shape, resting on a short circular foot, the bulbous body rising to a long tapering neck and wide, upward-curved spout, part of a stylised animal or monster-like head, with a tapering handle on the side ending in a jagged reptilian tail, sprays of flowers and foliate decoration painted in gold and copper lustre over the green-splashed white glaze, the body and spout enhanced with applied rosettes, flower heads and foliage.
42cm high
An almost identical example successfully sold at Chiswick Auctions, 29 October 2021, lot 499.
Sold for £984
A LARGE GOLD-ENAMELLED AND GREEN-SPLASHED WHITE-GLAZED CANAKKALE POTTERY EWER
Çanakkale, Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
Of pyriform shape, resting on a short circular foot, the bulbous body rising to a long tapering neck and wide, upward-curved spout, part of a stylised animal or monster-like head, with a tapering handle on the side ending in a jagged reptilian tail, sprays of flowers and foliate decoration painted in gold and copper lustre over the green-splashed white glaze, the body and spout enhanced with applied rosettes, flower heads and foliage.
42cm high
An almost identical example successfully sold at Chiswick Auctions, 29 October 2021, lot 499.
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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13th June - 10:00 - 17:00
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