Enrica Medugno
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Lot 97R
A Safavid underglaze-painted pottery bottle Kirman, Persia, 17th Century
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,200 inc. premium
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A Safavid underglaze-painted pottery bottle
Kirman, Persia, 17th Century
Kirman, Persia, 17th Century
of rounded form with flattened profile on a splayed foot, the tapering neck surmounted by a raised band, the edge with a raised band, central boss to each side, decorated in cobalt blue, green and red on a white ground with foliate scrollwork and floral motifs, the base with old collection label 'TH. PH. ZIEGLER, 190'
30.9 cm. high
30.9 cm. high
Footnotes
Arthur Lane refers to this type of pottery produced in Kirman as 'Kirman polychrome' (Arthur Lane, Later Islamic Pottery, London, 1957, p. 83). These wares combine influence from Chinese ceramics with traditional Islamic designs and motifs, the blue and white decorative elements drawing upon Chinese Ming designs, whilst the red and green elements, normally inset in panels or alternating with the blue and white, have a typically 'Persian' character. Some examples of these polychrome wares can be found in Lane, pls. 57-60. A number of polychrome Kirman pottery pieces are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, including a jar (Accession No. 543-1878) and bowl (Accession No. 872-1876). For a bottle of comparable form with later metal mount sold at Sotheby's, see Arts of the Islamic World, 9 April 2008, lot 200.
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