A Minai pottery bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Century

A Minai pottery bowl
Persia, 12th/ 13th Century
of slightly flaring conical form on a short foot, decorated in polychrome on a cream ground, the well with two figures seated beneath a tree, the sides with a band of alternating vegetal motifs and a series of roundels containing palmette motifs, the exterior with a band of pseudo-inscription
16.8 cm. diam.
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