ID 1306565
Lot 4 | A SAMARRA LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
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
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
| Place of origin: | Iraq, Asia |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
| Place of origin: | Iraq, Asia |
| 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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