A Kashan lustre pottery bowl in the 'monumental style', Persia, circa 1200 AD
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March 31, 12:40 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the frit body of shallow rounded form with everted edges on a short foot, the interior decorated in golden lustre featuring a bird in the centre, possibly a peacock, with pseudo-calligraphy around, the exterior with a blue glaze also with a pseudo-inscription, old Sotheby's label 'I 52'
6.3cm. height; 18.7cm. diam.
Purchased at Sotheby's, 1980s.
Formerly in the collection of a diplomat.
Formerly in the collection of a diplomat.
inscriptions
‘Perpetual glory …’
A comparable example is in the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait National Museum, see O. Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait National Museum, London, 2004, p.349, Cat.O.4. Oliver Watson notes that the "continuous lineage of lustre production may be traced back from Kashan to Egypt and thence to Iraq. The blue-glazed reverse is a feature commonly found in monumental style lustres, but rarely in other styles." (ibid.)
‘Perpetual glory …’
A comparable example is in the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait National Museum, see O. Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait National Museum, London, 2004, p.349, Cat.O.4. Oliver Watson notes that the "continuous lineage of lustre production may be traced back from Kashan to Egypt and thence to Iraq. The blue-glazed reverse is a feature commonly found in monumental style lustres, but rarely in other styles." (ibid.)