ID 828725
Lot 33 | A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
The central roundel with a procession of three birds by a river with a fish, surrounded by a band of white naskh, the cavetto with six panels of arabesques separated by vertical bands of white naskh, the rim with a further band of white naskh, with cobalt-blue marginal lines
8 1/2in. (21.6cm.) diam.
Provenance
Excavated Kashan, 1934.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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