Lot 59R
A Kashan pierced and incised underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 12th Century
25 October 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,207.50 inc. premium
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A Kashan pierced and incised underglaze-painted pottery bowl
Persia, 12th Century
Persia, 12th Century
of conical form on a short foot, decorated in black under a turquoise glaze with three fish to the well, the walls with kufic inscriptions and a pierced and incised band of floral motifs, the exterior with a black band
20.8 cm. diam.
20.8 cm. diam.
Footnotes
Inscriptions: al-'izz al-da'imah (?), al-iqbal al-sa'adah al-salamah al-kiramah al-kiramah (sic), al-salamah al-kiramah al-baqa, 'Perpetual (?) glory, prosperity, happiness, well-being, generosity, generosity, well-being, generosity, long life.'
The decoration of the present bowl is particularly delicate and represents a great feat of technical virtuosity. A similar white glazed bowl with underglaze cobalt-blue and black decoration is in the Plotnick Collection (Oya Pancaroglu, Perpetual Glory, New Haven and London, 2007, no. 88, pp. 100-101); a bowl with plain white glaze was sold in these rooms (Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 4th April 2006, lot 124; a very similar bowl whose treatment of the decoration, and particularly the pierced arabesques is almost identical to that seen here, was sold at Christie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 12th October 2004, lot 116; and a closely related intact turquoise glazed bowl, formerly in the Mrs Hilda C. Hanna Collection, was sold in these rooms (Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 4th April 2006, lot 123 (previously published by Medhi Bahrami, Gurgan Faiences, Cairo, 149, pl.XXIX).
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