A POTTERY BOWL WITH COBALT BLUE STRIPES AND...
A POTTERY BOWL WITH COBALT BLUE STRIPES AND CALLIGRAPHIC BANDS
Kashan, Iran, 13th century
Of typical conical shape, on short straight foot, the frit body decorated in blue and black under a transparent glaze, the interior quartered by a kaleidoscopic pattern of birds and flowers, inscribed in radial bands with ‘Al Sultan Qadir’ in thuluth script, the exterior with schematic flowers within white medallions interspersed with a green foliate design, 21cm diam. and 10.5cm high.
Provenance: UK private collection since 1970s.
For similar examples of Kashan blue and black-painted pottery, please see O. Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, Thames and Hudson and The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait National Museum, 2004, pp. 338 - 339.
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A POTTERY BOWL WITH COBALT BLUE STRIPES AND CALLIGRAPHIC BANDS
Kashan, Iran, 13th century
Of typical conical shape, on short straight foot, the frit body decorated in blue and black under a transparent glaze, the interior quartered by a kaleidoscopic pattern of birds and flowers, inscribed in radial bands with ‘Al Sultan Qadir’ in thuluth script, the exterior with schematic flowers within white medallions interspersed with a green foliate design, 21cm diam. and 10.5cm high.
Provenance: UK private collection since 1970s.
For similar examples of Kashan blue and black-painted pottery, please see O. Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, Thames and Hudson and The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait National Museum, 2004, pp. 338 - 339.
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