This is a fine piece of Kutahya by the man who restarted the kilns c 1880.
The Kutahya kilns took over from the Iznik in the late 17thc as Iznik production almost ceased at this date.The works from Kutahya were mainly tiles but other practical items were produced.Towards the beginning of the 19thc production at Kutahya ceased and was revived in an Iznik style decoration by Muhammed Hilmi Effendi.He and his son were totally responsible for the present state of the kilns which are today producing some very fine pieces.
Needless to say the pieces such as the one I am selling though very decorative are a little primitive but are also very rare as most of Hilmi's production was tiles.
The body of these pieces is a fine fritware with underglaze blue yellow aubergine and a very distntive red identical to the Iznik red.
The dish is in good condition with a small restoration to a foot-rim chip.It has no cracks or chips to the body itself and is signed on the base.
I have shown the base of a bottle by the same artist which has been published in a book of his work.
This is an oportunity to own a very rae piece of Ottoman art.
The plate has a diameter of 9 7/8in or 25cm.

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