A Fine Kashan lustre pottery bottle, Persia, early 13th century

of baluster form with a bulbous body, slender ridged neck and globular mouth, the body decorated in lustre on an opaque white glaze with multiple panels filled with scrolls and foliate medallions divided by pseudo-calligraphic bands, inscriptions around the shoulder, foliate motifs to neck and mouth

Perpetual Glory, Medieval Islamic Ceramics From The Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007.

O. Pancaroglu, Perpetual Glory, Medieval Islamic Ceramics From The Harvey B. Plotnik Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007, p. 115, no. 72.

In general good condition, break to section on neck right under spout with associated restoration, including few very minor breaks still visible along break line, part of surface of body rubbed due to presence of iridescence, glaze overall bright, as viewed.
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inscriptions

Inscription around the shoulder in Kufic script:
'Glory and wealth and well-being'

Inscription in Arabic around the shoulder, a repetition of possibly:
'Glory and prosperity and wealth and well-being'

The inscriptions around the upper band and body, both in Kufic script, are undeciphered.