A KASHAN COBALT-BLUE AND LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL CENTRAL IRAN, EARL...
A KASHAN COBALT-BLUE AND LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Of conical form, the white ground decorated under the glaze in dark lustre and cobalt-blue with a quatrefoil design formed of naskh bands alternated with arabesque design on scrolling ground, with border of white naskh incised through the lustre ground, the exterior with repeating large roundels, repaired breaks
8 5⁄8in. (21.9cm.) diam.
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Excavated Kashan, 1934
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A KASHAN COBALT-BLUE AND LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Of conical form, the white ground decorated under the glaze in dark lustre and cobalt-blue with a quatrefoil design formed of naskh bands alternated with arabesque design on scrolling ground, with border of white naskh incised through the lustre ground, the exterior with repeating large roundels, repaired breaks
8 5⁄8in. (21.9cm.) diam.
Provenance
Excavated Kashan, 1934