ID 932146
Lot 8 | A SAMANID POTTERY BOWL
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
CENTRAL ASIA OR NORTH EAST IRAN, 9TH-10TH CENTURY
The white interior with a band of dark brown floriated kufic in the cavetto, bands of geometric decoration towards around the rim, repaired breaks
8 1/8in. (20.7cm.) diam.
Provenance
With Nakashiba Shoji co. ltd., Tokyo, Japan, since early 1970s,
With Gallery N. Osaka, Japan, by 1981
Special notice
The USA prohibits the purchase by US persons of Iranian-origin “works of conventional craftsmanship” such as carpets, textiles, decorative objects, and scientific instruments. The US sanctions apply to US persons regardless of the location of the transaction or the shipping intentions of the US person. For this reason, Christie’s will not accept bids by US persons on this lot. Non-US persons wishing to import this lot into the USA are advised that they will need to apply for an OFAC licence and that this can take many months to be granted.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Historical era: | Samanid Empire |
| Place of origin: | Afghanistan, Iran, Asia, Uzbekistan |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Historical era: | Samanid Empire |
| Place of origin: | Afghanistan, Iran, Asia, Uzbekistan |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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