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Lot 22
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A Kashan blue and white footed bowl, Persia, 13th century

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ceramic
  • 19.5cm.
of deep conical form with a vertical rim on a slightly spreading foot, the white interior painted with a central rosette and radiating cobalt blue stripes, with same design to exterior

Condition

Intact, areas of glaze cracquelure, minor areas of irridescence to glaze, some retouching and consolidation to minor rim abrasions, as viewed.
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Catalogue Note

The two toned radial design on the present bowl creates an elegant and contemporary effect. Two exquisite bowls with similar decoration are now in the Keir Collection and inspired Ernst Grube to allude to the possibility of their higher symbolism, comparing the cobalt blue bands to the rays of the sun (Grube 1976, pp.177-8, nos. 125-6).