ID 1178400
Lot 17 | A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOTTLE
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
CENTRAL IRAN, LATE 12TH/EARLY 13TH CENTURY
With rounded body on short foot rising to thin neck and bulbous neck, the body decrotated with panels of arabesque alternated with callgraphic bands, a similar calligraphic band and another of stylised kufic around the top of the body, the neck and mouth with repeated design of roundels and dots below a band of naskh inscription reserved against lustre ground, minor chip to rim, neck reattached, otherwise intact
10 ¼in. (26cm.) high
Provenance
Habib Sabet (1903-1990), Paris and New York
Thence by descent
Inscribed
Around the shoulder, undeciphered.
In the bands down the body, possibly repetitions of Arabic benedictions, al-iqbal al-za'id (?).... 'increasing prosperity(?)....'
Further details
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Historical era: | Mongol Empire (1206-1368) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Bottles, jars & flasks |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Historical era: | Mongol Empire (1206-1368) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Bottles, jars & flasks |
| Address of auction |
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