Lot 162. An Iznik pottery jug, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1560. Estimate £12,000 - £18,000 ($17,064 - $25,596). Price Realized £20,000 ($28,440). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

Of baluster form on short foot rising to a gently flaring mouth, simple loop handle, the white body decorated in cobalt-blue, green and black with two registers of white foliate scrolls issuing palmettes and flowerheads, the base with a broad white band between black rings, the waist with a stippled white band with green fringing, the mouth with a band of black spirals on green ground, excellent glaze, handle replaced, hairline crack in mouth; 8½in. (21.5cm.) high

Provenance: Adda Collection, Alexandria, sold Palais Galliera, Paris, 3 December 1965, lot 813 
with Cyril Humphris 
Private London Collection, sold in these Rooms, 19 October 1995, lot 311 
Sold in these Rooms, 26 April 2005, lot 71

Literature: Bernard Rackham, Islamic Pottery and Italian Majolica, London, 1959, no.71, p.28 and pl.35A

Christie's. ART OF THE ISLAMIC & INDIAN WORLDS, 21 April 2016, London, King Street