A SAMARRA LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL

Lot 4
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 8 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1306565
Lot 4 | A SAMARRA LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
A SAMARRA LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
ABBASID IRAQ, 9TH CENTURY
The interior of the bowl divided into quarters, each decorated with three round motifs against a dotted lustre ground, the rim with repeating hemispherical pattern in red and brown, the exterior with five large roundels filled with small dashes against a ground of lustre dashes, repaired breaks
8 ¼in. (21cm.) diam.




Provenance

Excavated Tepe Madreseh, Nishapur, early 20th century
With Ayoub Rabenou, New York, by 1970
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