ID 1178342
Lot 13 | A MINA'I POTTERY BOWL
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
CENTRAL IRAN, CIRCA 1200
Of conical form, the white ground decorated in a variety of overglaze enamels with six naskh bands within cartouches across the cavetto, the thin rim decorated with a row of black triangles, the reverse with a band of loose black naskh between red rules, small stylised red floral motifs below, repaired breaks, small areas of restoration
8 7⁄8in. (22.6cm.) diam.
Provenance
Excavated Saveh, 1936
Inscribed
In the radiating bands al-‘izz [al-]da’im wa’l-iqbal [al-]za ’id wa’l-nasr al-ghalib wa’l-dawa[la?] … wa’l-sala ma wa’l-kar[a]ma wa’l-baqa … al-sa … ‘izz baqa a shadi ‘izz baqa a shadi az tu mabad [khali], ‘Perpetual glory and increasing success and triumphant success and turn of good fortune(?) … and well-being and generosity and long life … Glory, long life, joy. May glory, long life, joy never be [absent] from you’
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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