An Iranian ceramic flask

An Iranian ceramic flask

Compressed bulbous vessel on an unglazed basal ring. The upper section decorated with a raised dot pattern and tendrils. The slightly tapering neck with six rows of pointed nodes and a petal shaped spout. Traces of kiln ash. Restored rim chips. H 31.5 cm.
Late 12th / 13th C.

Provenance

Family ownership, Hamburg.
From the collection of an engineer for construction machinery, active in Iran and Syria in the 1960s and 1970s.