A Kashan lustre pottery bowl Persia, early 13th Century
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A Kashan lustre pottery Bowl
Persia, early 13th Century
with flaring sides, decorated in a yellowish gold lustre on a white ground, the base with a palmette bearing vine enclosing flying birds, encircled by a band of cursive inscription, the sides divided into panels of palmette interlace alternating with further inscriptions, the exterior with abstract floral motifs
20.6 cm. diam.
Estimate:
£10,000 - 15,000
€12,000 - 18,000
US$ 15,000 - 23,000

Footnotes

  • Provenance: UK private collection.

    The inscriptions include a repetition of parts of a benedictory couplet.

    Comparison can be drawn with two known lustre bowls, both depicting ducks: an example dated AH 600/ AD 1203-4 was sold at Sotheby's (Arts of the Islamic World, 28th April 2004, lot 85); and and another example in the Iran Bastan Museum, Tehran, dated AH 608/ AD 1211 (Watson, Oliver, Persian Lustre Ware, London, 1985,pl. F).

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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