CENTRAL IRAN, LATE 12TH OR 13TH CENTURY

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A KASHAN TURQUOISE AND BLACK PIERCED POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL IRAN, LATE 12TH OR 13TH CENTURY
Of flared conical form on short foot, the interior with a central area of scrolling floral tendrils, the cavetto with a border of scrolling palmettes, the interstices pierced through the body beneath the glaze, the rim with black stylised kufic inscription, the exterior with registers of leafy motif above and below the pierced area, repaired breaks
8in. (20.8cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The decoration of the present bowl is particularly delicate and represents a great feat of technical virtuosity. A similar white glazed bowl with underglaze cobalt-blue and black decoration is in the Plotnick Collection (Oya Pancaroglu, Perpetual Glory, New Haven and London, 2007, no.88, pp.100-101). Both have a very similar band of delicate kufic inscription, athough the letttering in the present example is slightly less schematic than that in Chicago. A restored example with plain white glaze was sold in these Rooms 4 April 2006, lot 124, while a similar more rounded plain white bowl is also in the Plotnick Collection (Pacaroglu, op. cit., no.50, p.93). Please see also the note to the preceding lot.

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