A Fine Intact Kashan Lustre Pottery Bowl, Persia, Early 13th Century

of truncated conical form with flaring walls stepped down to a straight vertical foot, painted in lustre over the glaze with four figures evenly spaced around the bowl separated by four open-centred palmettes contained in palmette cartouches outlined in blue and reserved on a lustre ground, the centre with a medallion containing a six-pointed star enclosed by a concentric band of naskh script, the reverse with a broad band of kufic script

intact and in fine condition, slight weathering on one side with associated loss of colour more noticeable on the back, overall good, as viewed
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inscriptions
Round the base: A quatrain and a benedictory couplet, all in Persian.

Round the rim: Two Persian benedictory couplets.

Outer band, in Kufic: Arabic benedictory terms (not all deciphered)

A similar bowl was sold in these rooms, 24 October 2007, lot 104