ID 1178435 
Lot 8  | A KASHAN COBALT-BLUE AND LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000 
CENTRAL IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Of conical form, the white ground decorated under the glaze in dark lustre and cobalt-blue with a quatrefoil design formed of naskh bands alternated with arabesque design on scrolling ground, with border of white naskh incised through the lustre ground, the exterior with repeating large roundels, repaired breaks
8 5⁄8in. (21.9cm.) diam.
Provenance
Excavated Kashan, 1934
Inscribed
Around the inside of the rim, two Persian quatrains: ‘Oh, you whose will it is to hurt me for years and months’;
‘I carried your love to the heart of my soul’
In the bands radiating from the centre, repeats of ‘I carried your love to the heart of my soul’
Further Details
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| Medium: | Ceramic | 
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| Historical era: | Seljuk dynasty | 
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia | 
| Category: | Bowls | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects | 
| Medium: | Ceramic | 
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| Historical era: | Seljuk dynasty | 
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia | 
| Category: | Bowls | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects | 
| Address of auction | 
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