Antique Kütahya Pottery Icon Tile Armenian Virgin Mary & Child Jesus Turkey 1820 Mid-Century Modern The urn with gilt bronze

The urn with gilt bronze handles to the sides held in the mouths of lion's masks

each leaf supported by a gate leg and standing on raised pad feet

A Large and impressive antique oil on canvas Pre-Raphaelite painting by the German artist

the handle similarly decorated

coming under the influence of the Spanish painter and engraver José de Ribera

Antique Kütahya Pottery Icon Tile Armenian Virgin Mary & Child Jesus Turkey 1820 Mid-Century Modern The urn with gilt bronzeAn important 19th century Ktahya pottery icon tile of The Virgin Mary and Christ Child, Turkey circa 1850. The tile most likely made for the Christian Armenian community in the Western Turkish city of Ktahya, famous for fine pottery and tile making by Christian Armenians. This panel is composed of a single tile depicting the icon of Virgin Mary holding child Jesus. The Virgin Mary is painted purple, yellow, green, red and underglaze blue. On her