OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Details

SIX SILVER HAMMAM BOWLS
OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form, with raised central bosses worked in repoussé with varying radiating and floral motifs bordered by further similar motifs, the exterior with hanging palmettes and floral sprays interspersed within medallions and cusped arches
Largest 10 3⁄8 (26.5cm.), smallest 8 5⁄8 (22cm.) diam.

来源

Private collection, London, 1991

Conditions of sale

Présenté par

Phoebe Jowett Smith Sale Coordinator & Cataloguer

Consultez le rapport d’état ou contactez-nous pour obtenir des informations supplémentaires à ce sujet

pjowettsmith@christies.com +44 20 7752 3221

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Descriptif du lot

A silver bowl decorated with figures of ladies at the public bath (hammam), in a private collection, is attributed to Kayseri in central Turkey (Garo Kurkman, Ottoman Silver Marks, Istanbul, 1996, p.234). An early, fine example from around 1800, was sold in these Rooms, 22 April 2016, lot 373. Ours are slightly later and larger, with an example from this group being sold in these Rooms, 19 November 2015, lot 74.

En savoir plus sur Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Rugs and Carpets

View All