AN ABBASID LUSTRE POTTERY JAR, MESOPOTAMIA, 10TH CENTURY
AN ABBASID LUSTRE POTTERY JAR
MESOPOTAMIA, 10TH CENTURY
Of typical form with rounded body tapering towards mouth, the shoulder with a band of kufic interrupted by four stylised handles, below this a band of parading long-necked birds, repaired breaks and small areas of restoration
9in. (22.9cm.) high
Provenance
Excavated in 1946 from Awdan Tepe, Gurgan under Ayoub Rabenou. Thence into trust and by descent.
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AN ABBASID LUSTRE POTTERY JAR
MESOPOTAMIA, 10TH CENTURY
Of typical form with rounded body tapering towards mouth, the shoulder with a band of kufic interrupted by four stylised handles, below this a band of parading long-necked birds, repaired breaks and small areas of restoration
9in. (22.9cm.) high
Provenance
Excavated in 1946 from Awdan Tepe, Gurgan under Ayoub Rabenou. Thence into trust and by descent.
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