Lot Essay
Inscription: Inscription around the shoulder and body are verses in Persian, not all deciphered.
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IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
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AN INTACT KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY EWER
IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
The cylindrical body rounding to slightly sloping shoulder and tubular neck with high raised trough spout and simple loop handle, on short foot, the white ground painted in a rich, well-preserved lustre with a lower register of concentric circles beneath a band of stylised kufic on a ground of scrolls and punctuated by lozenges framed by bands of loose naskh inscription reserved against gold ground, the shoulder with a dense scrolling vine, a further band of stylised kufic, old collection labels, intact, in fitted wooden Japanese box
11 1/8in. (28.5cm.) high
IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
The cylindrical body rounding to slightly sloping shoulder and tubular neck with high raised trough spout and simple loop handle, on short foot, the white ground painted in a rich, well-preserved lustre with a lower register of concentric circles beneath a band of stylised kufic on a ground of scrolls and punctuated by lozenges framed by bands of loose naskh inscription reserved against gold ground, the shoulder with a dense scrolling vine, a further band of stylised kufic, old collection labels, intact, in fitted wooden Japanese box
11 1/8in. (28.5cm.) high
Provenance
Asian private collection since 1950s
Literature
Exhibition of Persian Masterpieces, Iwataya Department Store, Fukuoka City, 3-8 April 1962, p.12
Exhibited
Exhibition of Persian Masterpieces, Iwataya Department Store, Fukuoka City, 3-8 April, 1962
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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