A KASHAN BLUE, BLACK AND WHITE GLAZED BOWL with rounded sides and T-section rim on short foot, the white interior painted with a central rosette flanked by six stylised lobed cypress trees alternating with waterweed-motifs, in a border of naskh calligraphy reserved against a black ground, the rim glazed a brilliant cobalt-blue, the exterior with waterweed-motifs below a similar reserved inscription band, mid 13th century (repaired, minor restoration)

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A KASHAN BLUE, BLACK AND WHITE GLAZED BOWL with rounded sides and T-section rim on short foot, the white interior painted with a central rosette flanked by six stylised lobed cypress trees alternating with waterweed-motifs, in a border of naskh calligraphy reserved against a black ground, the rim glazed a brilliant cobalt-blue, the exterior with waterweed-motifs below a similar reserved inscription band, mid 13th century (repaired, minor restoration)
7 7/8in. (19.8cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

This bowl is from the same atelier as one sold at Sotheby's New York, 23rd June 1989, lot 216. Both are typified by the design in the centre and the brilliant cobalt-blue rim.
Some of the fragments of this bowl appear to have suffered from fire. The black ground has slightly discoloured and the glaze has bubbled. This must have been after the bowl was in pieces as adjacent fragments are in as pristine condition as on the day that it was made.

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