A FINE KASHAN LUSTRE BOTTLE

CENTRAL PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY

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A FINE KASHAN LUSTRE BOTTLE
CENTRAL PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
The drum shaped body on concave foot rising to slim straight neck with cylindrical mouth with everted rim, the body painted in golden brown lustre with arabesques interrupted by roundels on a ground of spiralling meander below a band of naskh in lustre on white ground below a band of kufic in reserve, the neck with spiralling foliage between plain lustre knops, mouth with similar band of kufic in reserve, repaired clean break at base of neck, slight loss of glaze at foot
8 7/8in. (22cm.) high

Exhibited

Iranian Lustreware of the Thirteenth Century, Mansour Gallery, London, June 1979, cat. no.8

Lot Essay

The band of naskh around the neck has been translated: ".....heart......, may it be your eternity
whatever the soul .... from ... may it be all your prosperity
We are told that we are in danger in soul and mind
.... may happiness and splendour be your companion
Glory, prosperity, wealth and well-being; glory, prosperity and wealth
Both bands of kufic inscriptions have benedictory phrases similar to that in the last line of the above.

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