An Iranian ceramic vessel in the form of a seated figure

An Iranian ceramic vessel in the form of a seated figure

Designed as a crouching figure without calves or feet and with both hands crossed over the torso, wearing a robe with tendril decor, a necklace and a tiara. Two vertical black stripes with Kufic calligraphy on the back. Restored. H 28.5 cm.
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.

Literature

Cf. the Museum für Islamische Kunst der Staattlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, inv. no. I. 2622.

Cf. Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, London-Kuwait 2004, no. 14 f.