A Kashan Lustre bowl with geometric patterns, Persia, 13th Century

of deep form on a short foot with an in-turned flattened rim, the fritware body painted in lustre on an opaque white glaze, the centre decorated with an abstract vegetal design, surrounded by a calligraphic band, below a strip of stylised geometric motifs, the rim with a calligraphic band in reserve against a lustre ground, the exterior with an abstract pattern

In general good condition, once broken and restored with associated overpainting, some iridescence on exterior, glaze bright, as viewed.
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A bowl of similar form with an in-turned flattened rim, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. C.1233-1919).