Antique 18 Century Islamic Turkish Ottoman Empire Armenian Enameled Tombak Ewer

Antique 18th Century Ottoman Armenian Enameled Tombak Ewer. Antique 18th century Ottoman Armenian enameled gilt copper (Tombak) ewer from eastern Turkey, probably, Vilâyet-i Diyarbakir Vilayet of Diyâr-i Bek. The modern name Diyarbakir means the Land of Bakir and derives from the Armenian name Diyarbakir - Tigranakert, ???????????

The ewer is hand-hammered from several elements composed together, including a rounded body resting on a short, splayed foot. Decorated with cast copper circular bosses stamped with a wheel of fortune design, a slightly waisted neck adorned with two enameled roundels, a slender curving spout, and an applied strap handle. The body is decorated with fish-scale motifs regularly interrupted by ribs with reciprocal design and applied with twelve circular bosses set with enamels.

All Tombak objects made by Turkish Muslim craftsmen are not decorated with this thick champleve enamel. Only Tombak objects made by Armenian craftsmen are decorated with this type of enamel. This technique has been known to Armenian craftsmen for centuries. They were famous for their skills throughout the Ottoman Empire, including Istanbul, Anatolia, and Syria, as artisans specializing in enamel work, goldsmiths, silversmiths, and copper works. MEASUREMENTS: Height: 27 cm (10.63 inches) Width: handle to spout: 20 cm (7.87 inches) Weight: 1.101 kg CONDITION: Showing age and use, worn gold gilding, some old repairs by soldering, mostly on the joining of the base of the ewer with foot.

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