Lot 51
A FINE CANTAGALLI POTTERY BOTTLE DECORATED IN WHITE TULIPS AND GREEN CINTEMANIS AFTER AN EARLY IZNIK MASTERPIECE
ITALY, 19th CENTURY
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
Auction: Islamic Art | Lots 1 to 66 | 12 June at 10am
Description
of bulbous form on a splayed foot, with long neck moulded with raised circular thumb rest, rising to a slightly flaring mouth, underglaze decoration consisting of a repeat symmetrical design of double white tulips and single turquoise cintemanis on a dark blue ground, Cantagalli mark, in the form of a cockerel, on base
Dimensions
31cm (12 ¼in) high, 13.4cm (5 3/8in) max. width
Footnote
Note:
Ulisse Cantagalli (Florence, 1839-1901) was the Italian equivalent to Edmé Samson (see note to subsequent lot) and founded his workshop in 1878. He was equally inspired by ancient masterpieces, including majolica, European and Islamic pottery.
This striking bottle is inspired by a very rare Iznik bottle dated to circa 1535-40 in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see inv. no. 70-1866 (see. J. Raby and N. Atasoy, Iznik: The pottery of Ottoman Turkey, 1989, plate 320).
