AN ABBASID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISH AND AN IRANIAN

AN ABBASID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISH AND AN IRANIAN PIERCED WHITE FRITWARE BOWL Iraq, 9th century and Iran, 12th - 13th century Comprising a deep blue and white pottery bowl, of hemispherical shape on short straight foot, with splayed rim, the earthenware body painted in cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze, a six-pointed star filled with a rosette to the centre, geometric triangular motifs extending from the cavetto to the rim, plain exterior, 21.5cm diam.; and an Iranian fritware bowl, of conical shape, on tall straight circular foot, the body with pierced rice grain decoration, 15.8cm diam. Provenance: Private UK collection, purchased in Iran in the late 1960s, thence in the family by descent.

Notes: Islamic & Indian Art