A large Kashan figural lustre pottery dish Persia, 13th Century
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A large Kashan figural lustre pottery dish
Persia, 13th Century
with rounded sides and flaring rim, decorated in a brownish gold lustre with cobalt-blue, the centre with a seated male figure reserved on an palmette ground, the sides with bands of palmetttes, scrolling foliate vines and roundels, the rim with a frieze of cursive inscription, the exterior cobalt-blue, the base with a fragmentary label
35 cm. diam.
Estimate:
£8,000 - 12,000
€9,400 - 14,000
US$ 12,000 - 18,000

Footnotes

  • Provenance: UK private collection.

    The inscription consists of a repetition of: al-'izz or "Glory".

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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