Lot 53
53
A KASHAN SILHOUETTE-WARE POTTERY BOWL
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A KASHAN SILHOUETTE-WARE POTTERY BOWL

CENTRAL IRAN, CIRCA 1200

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A KASHAN SILHOUETTE-WARE POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL IRAN, CIRCA 1200
Of gently rounded conical form, the interior incised through the black slip with a bold palmette design within further bold similar motifs, panels of stylised inscription around the side, the exterior plain, all covered with a translucent turquoise glaze, one section replaced from a similar bowl, repaired
7¾in. (20cm.) diam.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

A number of Kashan "silhouette ware" bowls are known decorated with palmettes, but almost all are based on a symmetrical arrangement, usually with four radiating palmettes (Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art, Oxford, 1938, pls.743B and 748B). The completely unidirectional arrangement found here is very unusual and powerful.

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