Inscription on the neck: "Bishop Tēr Martiros sent word to Kʿotʿayĕs [Kütahya, here]: May the Holy Mother of God intercede for you: send one water-bottle here.' May Tēr Martiros receive it in peace. In the year 978 [AD 1529] on the 18th March this water-bottle was inscribed." Inscription on the base: "Tēr Martiros sent word from Ankara: 'May this water-bottle [be] an object [of] Kʿotʿays for this monastery of the Holy Mother of God.'"
References
Carswell, John (2006), Iznik Pottery, London: British Museum Press, pp. 46-47, Fig. 25, ISBN978-0-7141-2441-4. Atasoy, Nurhan; Raby, Julian (1989), Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London: Alexandra Press, pp. 108-109, Fig. 133, ISBN978-1-85669-054-6.
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