A Kashan lustre pottery dish with seated figure, Persia, 12th/13th century
Auction Closed
October 27, 03:41 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of shallow form with gently everted flattened rim, on a short foot, decorated with a deep brown lustre with a central figure wearing a hat and spotted coat seated against a lustre ground with scrolls and leaves, the reverse with a blue glaze, old collectors' labels "Collezione Luigi Laura 17" and "Rhages"
23.5cm. diam.
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Ex-private collection, Europe, acquired in France, circa 1960.
Ex-collection Luigi Laura, no.17, as per label to reverse.
Ex-collection Luigi Laura, no.17, as per label to reverse.
M. Giampiccolo, Kashi, Ceramiche Islamiche dal IX al XVII secolo, fuori commercio, esemplare no.338, 1996, p.114, described as "Piatto decorato a lustro su invetriatura alcalina. Al centro e raffigurato un sovrano o un imperatore sasanide. Stile "monumentale", Iran (Kashan), p.selgiuchide, 12/13 sec. (Bowl with lustre decoration, Iran (Kashan), 12th/13th century)."
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