'†' 5% Import VAT A TIMURID TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY BOWL...

A TIMURID TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY BOWL
Timurid Iran, second half 15th

Underglaze-painted fritware body, with an everted flat rim, decorated with radiating flowers in the large central roundel, interlocking floral elements along the rim and vegetal scrolls to the reverse, with an iridescent patina; these types of wares are usually attributed to Timurid Iran.

32cm diameter

These types of wares are usually attributed to Timurid Iran (see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 17.120.70, and the David Collection, Copenhagen, acc. no. Isl 13), although Bonhams (Islamic and Indian Art, 23 April 2013, lot 45) compares this example to a Chinese-inspired Syrian prototype described by Allan (W. Allan, J., Islamic Ceramics, Oxford, 1991, pp. 46–47, no. 27) as Syrian. In this publication, Allan listed a dish in the Ashmolean Museum (acc. no. EA1978.1608), which now appears to have been reattributed to Timurid Iran (https://www.ashmolean.org/collections-online#/item/ash-object-353747; last accessed 19 September, 13:10 CEST).

For similar examples:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 17.120.70.
The David Collection, Copenhagen, acc. no. Isl 13.

Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki.

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