A Garrus ware carved pottery Bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Century
A Garrus carved pottery Bowl
Persia, 12th/ 13th Century
with rounded sides, carved through a cream slip and embellished in manganese purple with a central roundel depicting a lion looking backwards, the sides with a frieze of stylised kufic with floral roundels in between
13.3 cm. diam
Estimate:
£1,200 - 1,500
€1,400 - 1,800
US$ 1,800 - 2,300

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Private US collection, acquired Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Works of Art, 24th April 2002, Lot 254; formerly Moradpour Collection, Geneva.

    The inscriptions are a repetition of "And Glory".

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art


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