AN UNUSUAL AND RARE BROWN-GLAZED CANAKKALE POTTERY VASE Ottoman Turkey, late 19th - early 20th century The body pyriform, resting on a stepped circular foot, with a curved handle to the side, the tall wide tubular neck surrounded and decorated by a virtuoso pottery masterpiece of moulded figural applications of military officers including three riders and one on foot holding a long sword, the cap of the tallest figurine used as the vase's mouth, their uniforms realistically portrayed and painted in over glaze bright red, further moulded decorative applications to the body including lizards, gold-painted flowerheads and vegetal tendrils, 51.5cm high.