Jug with hyacinth decoration, Ottoman Turkey, Iznik, late 16th centuryA jug with a globular body on a pedestal and a cylindrical flared neck joined to the body by a curved handle. Siliceous ceramic with painted decoration on slip under transparent glaze of an alternation of curved stems of blue hyacinths and red carnations in buttons on the body as on the neck, the latter bordered by a frieze of esses and a frieze of spirals. Height: 22.5 cmMany restorations including a major one on the neck . Provenance : Former collection of Emile Tabbagh. An Iznik polychrome pottery jug, Ottoman Turkey, late 16th century