Lot Essay
The inscription on this bowl comprises a quatrain in Persian and a benedictory phrase in Arabic to the owner.
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CENTRAL IRAN, CIRCA 1200
Details
A MINA'I POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL IRAN, CIRCA 1200
Rising from slightly splayed foot, through sloping sides to slightly everted rim, the interior decorated with a central blue rosette issuing narrow bands of loose black naskh between red borders and alternated with wide segments of elegant red-highlighted turquoise arabesques, the rim with a pseudo-kufic inscription band highlighted with turquoise palmettes, the exterior with a band of loose black naskh between minor red borders, repaired breaks
7 7/8in. (20cm.) diam.
CENTRAL IRAN, CIRCA 1200
Rising from slightly splayed foot, through sloping sides to slightly everted rim, the interior decorated with a central blue rosette issuing narrow bands of loose black naskh between red borders and alternated with wide segments of elegant red-highlighted turquoise arabesques, the rim with a pseudo-kufic inscription band highlighted with turquoise palmettes, the exterior with a band of loose black naskh between minor red borders, repaired breaks
7 7/8in. (20cm.) diam.
Provenance
European private collection since 1920s.
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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
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