Lot 97
  • 97

A Mamluk or Timurid blue and white pottery bottle, Syria or Persia, 15th century

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

the pear-shaped body with narrow tapering neck and straight raised foot, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with an arabesque of scrolling tendrils issuing cloudband leaves and lotus heads

Condition

Breaks and losses to base, the mouth with break and losses with associated restoration (it is possible that at some point the mouth may have been mounted with a metal fitting), as viewed.
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