Pitcher

Plain rim, thick neck, conical body, ring base, pouring spout and single strap handle. White paste, white slip, transparent glaze. Underglaze decoration in cobalt blue, turquoise, and manganese purple with black outlines. Bands outlined in semi-circles and set diagonally on the body read in Arabic script, "İçilmez mi elinden su götürmüş bir keman ebru / Yay kaşlı (güzelin) elinden suz içilmez mi?" (Would you not drink the water brought by the beauty with curving eyebrows?); on the neck are two pear shaped frames containing the inscriptions, "Afiyetbad / Afiyet olsun" (Bon apetit) and "Buyurun" (Please have some). The remaining surfaces are covered in tulips and hatayi branches.