Enrica Medugno
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Lot 347†,R
A large Safavid blue and white pottery bowl
Persia, 17th Century
18 – 26 May 2023, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Oliver White
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A large Safavid blue and white pottery bowl
Persia, 17th Century
Persia, 17th Century
of deep rounded form on a short foot, decorated in cobalt blue with black outline on a white ground with a bird perching on a rock to the well, the rim with a band containing a landscape with rocks and pools, the exterior with a landscape with deer, birds and large floral sprays, pseudo-Chinese mark to base
34 cm. diam.
34 cm. diam.
Footnotes
For a similar large bowl sold at Sotheby's see Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Session II, 17 March 2021, lot 282.
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