a fine intact kashan two-tone lustre 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 a horse and rider in the central medallion with solid lustre ground scratched through with scrolls, the walls with a narrow band of cursive script below a wider band of repeating leaf form motifs filled with darts and scrolls, the reverse with chain pattern, with customised Japanese wooden box

ex-Japanese private collection

Published in Persian Pottery from the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan, 2007, p.32, pl.57.

intact near pristine condition, with some minor rubbing to the glaze, the exterior with small rim chip repaired and minor iridescence below the rim, as viewed
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inscriptions

A Persian quatrain, followed by a Persian benedictory couplet and:
'izz da'im wa sa'ada wa salama wa kirama

'Perpetual Glory and Happiness and Well-being and Generosity'