A SUPERB HEMISPHERICAL SAMSON POTTERY FOOTED BOWL AFTER AN EARLY IZNIK ‘MASTER OF THE KNOTS’ MASTERPIECE
FRANCE, 19th CENTURY
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
Auction: Islamic Art | Lots 1 to 66 | 12 June at 10am
Description
of rounded form on a slightly flaring foot, profusely decorated in under-glazed cobalt blue on a white ground with intertwined rumis, knots and saz leaves, base signed with Samson mark
Dimensions
22cm (8 5/8in) high, 42.8cm (16 7/8in) diameter
Footnote
Note:
Edmé Samson (Paris, 1810-91) was a celebrated French producer of porcelain and pottery. He is renowned for his highly refined ceramics, often inspired by ancient masterpieces.
The design on this bowl is identical to two magnificent early Iznik bowls attributed to the artist, ‘Master of the Knots’ and dated to circa 1510. One is in the Louvre Museum, inv. no. 7880-92, and the other is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, inv. no. C.1981-1910 (see J. Raby and N. Atasoy,
Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, 1989, plates. 94 and 95).