A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery Handled Cup
Persia, circa 1200-20
Persia, circa 1200-20
with squat body, cylindrical neck, ring handle with palmette thumb-rest, the body with a frieze of vertical cobalt-blue bands on a white ground, the neck with a band of cursive inscription incised through a black band
11.5 cm. high
11.5 cm. high
Sold for
£3,360
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: Private US collection, acquired from Sotheby's, New York, 5th June 1999, lot 227; formerly in the Gluck Collection.
Published: 7000 Years of Persian Pottery, The Gluck Collection, Tokyo, 1980, pl. 261. 'Inscriptions on Islamic Pottery', A Survey of Persian Art, Vol. 18, Mazda and Ashiya, 2005, p.47, pl.10.
The inscriptions are most likely Persian verses (undeciphered).
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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