A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL

Lot 6
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Prix de départ
£ 6 000
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Lot 6 | A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
Valeur estimée
£ 6 000 – 8 000
A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL

CENTRAL IRAN, 13TH CENTURY OR LATER

Of slightly rounded form, the white ground decorated under the glaze with golden lustre, cobalt-blue and turquoise, the central roundel with a finely drawn seated figure and fruit bowl against a ground of tight scrolls, the cavetto with a band of cobalt-blue kufic interrupted by four lustre birds highlighted in turquoise, the outer band with a frieze of chasing animals, the rim with naskh inscription, the reverse with repeating palmette with repaired breaks and areas of restoration

9in. (22.8cm.) diam.





Provenance

Excavated Kashan, 1937



Inscribed

Around the inside of the lip are Persian verses, undeciphered.
Around the centre of the interior in kufic repetitions of al-'izz al-da'im, 'perpetual glory'



Further Details

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