A Kashan underglaze decorated figure of a horse and rider, Persia, 13th Century

made in a mould with details such as the reins modelled by hand, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and black, the rider with erect posture holding his sword upright in his right hand and his reins with both hands, an octagonal shield slung across his back, painted in black with waterweed sprays across the horse and rider with cobalt touches covered with a transparent turquoise glaze

Published in 1400 Years of Islamic Art, London 1981, no.110

breaks and repairs, small infill, as viewed
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For a comparable piece from the Gurgan finds, see Survey of Persian Art, 1938, vol. 5, Pl. 739, and Mehdi Bahrami, Gurgan Faiences, Cairo, 1949, pl. XXII