ID 1306409
Lot 7 | A PIERCED KASHAN BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY BOWL
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
CENTRAL IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
The white ground painted in cobalt-blue and black under the glaze, decorated with a central blue and black medallion, the cavetto with alternating round and triangular panels of pierced arabesques, white naskh in a black band around the rim, the exterior plain, repaired breaks
8 ½in. (21.6cm.) diam.
Provenance
Excavated Kashan, 1934
With Ayoub Rabenou, New York, by 1970
Engraved
Around the inside of the rim, 'May your wealth and glory always increase, may your prosperity surpass all limits, so whatever reaches your palate from this bowl, o master of the world, may add to your life'
Further details
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Historical era: | Ilkhanate dynasty |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Historical era: | Ilkhanate dynasty |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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