ID 1306390
Lot 33 | A MINA'I POTTERY BOWL
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
CENTRAL IRAN, LATE 12TH CENTURY
Of rounded form on short foot, the white ground painted in blue, green, ochre and red with overglaze polychrome enamels, the interior depicting a mounted archer attacking a serpent, a band of kufic around the rim, the exterior with black naskh alternating with red and blue medallions, restored
8in. (20.3cm.) diam.
Provenance
Excavated Rayy, 1930
With Ayoub Rabenou, New York, by 1970
Engraved
Around the interior partially deciphered, ...wa'l-sa'ada wa'l-salama ..., '... and happiness and well-being ...'
Exterior inscription undeciphered
Further details
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