An Ottoman gilt-copper (tombak) lidded ewer and basin, Turkey, 17th Century With truncated conical body, high narrow waist with central boss, slender curvaceo spout and handle, exaggerated domical lid with high pine-cone finial, the basin with sloping rim and separate pierced inner cover with raised stand Footnotes:  This ewer is slightly more elongated and with a slightly more attenuated boss in the neck than frequently found in tombak examples of the form. The shape does however relate to that found on the ewers that decorate the 15th century Mamluk tiles on the Mosque and tomb of Tawrizi in Damasc (John Carswell, 'Six Tiles', Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Meum of Art, New York, 1972, fig.2b, p.101). Provenance: Ex-private collection, France, since 1985. Similar seen in KOC Meum Ewer Height : 44 cm Bassin Diameter : 32 cm Bassin Height: 13 cm