Lot Essay
A similar lavender lustre dish, decorated with a seated figure, but of a larger size, is in the Ashmolean Museum (inv.no.EA1956.49).
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY DISH
IRAN, LATE 12TH CENTURY
Details
A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY DISH
IRAN, LATE 12TH CENTURY
The blue ground painted in a dark brown lustre, the centre depicting a figure playing the drum, the rim with repeating semi-circles, the exterior with six repeating roundels containing palmettes, repaired breaks
6 ¾in. (17.1cm.) diam.
IRAN, LATE 12TH CENTURY
The blue ground painted in a dark brown lustre, the centre depicting a figure playing the drum, the rim with repeating semi-circles, the exterior with six repeating roundels containing palmettes, repaired breaks
6 ¾in. (17.1cm.) diam.
Provenance
Excavated Kashan, 1933, by repute
With Ayoub Rabenou, New York, by 1970
With Ayoub Rabenou, New York, by 1970
Further details
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