A fine Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 13th Century
Property from a Private Belgian Collection
A fine Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl
Persia, 13th Century
of conical form on a tall foot, decorated in black and cobalt blue under a turquoise glaze with radiating bands of inscription interspersed by flowerheads and foliate designs, the exterior with waterweed motifs, with fitted box
21.2 cm. diam. max.
Provenance
Hagop Kervorkian (1872-1962).
Nasli M. Heeramaneck, donated by Joan Palevsky.
Christie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 15 October 2002, lot 69.
Private Belgian Collection acquired at Mansour Gallery, London, on the 11th of December 2002, and thence by descent.
Published
Phyllis Ackerman, Guide to the Exhibition of Persian Art, The Iranian Institute, New York, 1940, p. 225.
Exhibited
The Exhibition of Persian Art, New York, 1940, Gallery VIII, case 17, H.
Inscriptions: a Persian quatrain, found on many 13th century wares including a lustre bowl in the al-Sabah Collection dated Shawwal 610 (January-February 1218 AD) (see Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, 2004, cat. o.15, pp. 356-7); and a benedictory couplet.
Hagop Kevorkian was an archaeologist, collector and art connoisseur of Armenian descent. Having studied at the Robert College in Istanbul, he moved to Great Britain and established a business in Bishopsgate, London, before eventually settling in New York in 1920. Kevorkian organised several ceramics exhibitions in London and New York and was pivotal in developing American interest in 'oriental' art and artefacts, acting as a key intermediary between Middle Eastern governments, clients and museums. Pieces from his collection are preserved in museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Freer Gallery and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Kevorkian also donated objects to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and set up the Kevorkian Fund, enabling the facilitation of excavations and establishing research programmes.
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Property from a Private Belgian Collection
A fine Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl
Persia, 13th Century
of conical form on a tall foot, decorated in black and cobalt blue under a turquoise glaze with radiating bands of inscription interspersed by flowerheads and foliate designs, the exterior with waterweed motifs, with fitted box
21.2 cm. diam. max.
Provenance
Hagop Kervorkian (1872-1962).
Nasli M. Heeramaneck, donated by Joan Palevsky.
Christie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 15 October 2002, lot 69.
Private Belgian Collection acquired at Mansour Gallery, London, on the 11th of December 2002, and thence by descent.
Published
Phyllis Ackerman, Guide to the Exhibition of Persian Art, The Iranian Institute, New York, 1940, p. 225.
Exhibited
The Exhibition of Persian Art, New York, 1940, Gallery VIII, case 17, H.
Inscriptions: a Persian quatrain, found on many 13th century wares including a lustre bowl in the al-Sabah Collection dated Shawwal 610 (January-February 1218 AD) (see Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, 2004, cat. o.15, pp. 356-7); and a benedictory couplet.
Hagop Kevorkian was an archaeologist, collector and art connoisseur of Armenian descent. Having studied at the Robert College in Istanbul, he moved to Great Britain and established a business in Bishopsgate, London, before eventually settling in New York in 1920. Kevorkian organised several ceramics exhibitions in London and New York and was pivotal in developing American interest in 'oriental' art and artefacts, acting as a key intermediary between Middle Eastern governments, clients and museums. Pieces from his collection are preserved in museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Freer Gallery and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Kevorkian also donated objects to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and set up the Kevorkian Fund, enabling the facilitation of excavations and establishing research programmes.
Important Notice to Buyers
Some countries, e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.
