Coupe au personnage féminin, Iran, Garrus, XIIE-XIIIE siècle

reposant sur un piédouche, la paroi convexe, de forme creuse profonde, en céramique argileuse à décor champlevé et gravé sur engobe, sous une glaçure légèrement rehaussée en vert, ornée d'une figure féminine, probablement accouchant

In colour: the brown is lighter in the reality than in the catalogue illustration There are breaks repaired with paint retouching There are scratches on the rim Small accident on the border with a chip
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Another Garrus bowl depicting a childbirth was sold at Christie's London, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 8^th April 2008, lot 75.