AN IZNIK-STYLE ITALIAN MAJOLICA POTTERY TANKARD
Possibly Tuscany or Umbria, Italy, 19th century

Of typical cylindrical shape, resting on a short raised circular foot, with a squared striped handle on the side, painted in cobalt blue, copper green, bright red, and ochre yellow with black outlines against an off-white ground, the exterior decorated with typical floral motifs encountered on Ottoman Iznik wares like frilled red carnations and tall, elongated saz leaves with red dots in the middle, encased within two blue and yellow-painted fretwork bands, the base unmarked, 10.5cm diam. and 19.5cm high.

Dimensions: 10.5cm diam. and 19.5cm high