A KASHAN BLUE, BLACK AND WHITE POTTERY BOWL

Lot 11
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 2 520
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Lot 11 | A KASHAN BLUE, BLACK AND WHITE POTTERY BOWL
Valeur estimée
£ 4 000 – 6 000
A KASHAN BLUE, BLACK AND WHITE POTTERY BOWL

CENTRAL IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY

Of conical form, the white ground decorated under the glaze in black and cobalt-blue, with bands of naskh inscription alternating with bands of black vine, the exterior with waterweed motif, repaired breaks, areas of iridescence

8 1⁄8in. (20.5cm.) diam.





Provenance

Excavated Kashan, 1934



Inscribed

Inscribed with a Persian quatrain, part deciphered: giram ki saba zulf-i tu dar tab kashad la‘l-i tu za jam …may(?) … kashad zangi-bachcha dar kinar-i gulzar-i tu chist az chah-i zanakhdan-i tu …
‘I understand that the breeze stirred your ringlets, That your ruby (lips) drew …wine(?) … from the goblet. What is that child of a black slave at the edge of your garden, He draws from the well of the dimple on your chin …’



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