A LARGE KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL CENTRAL IRAN, EARLY 13TH...

A LARGE KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
The white ground decorated below the glaze in strong lustre, cobalt-blue and turquoise with a radial design based around a central flowerhead and with bands of naskh on lustre ground alternating with elegant arabesque, all against a tight border of scrolls, the rim with borders of blue kufic and white naskh, the exterior with a similar band of naskh reserved against lustre ground and with lustre cusping above and below, repaired break
13 ½in. (34.3cm.) diam.

Provenance
Excavated Kashan, 1934