A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL CENTRAL IRAN, 13TH CENTURY OR...
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
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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
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