SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A GOMBROON POTTERY BOWL
SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with vertical sides rising from short foot, the white interior painted with a central blue medallion containing and surrounded by black stars, around this bands of black trefoil motifs and a further large blue medallion, the vertical sides with pierced design and the rim with a series of small black dots, the exterior with two bands of light blue reciprocal palmettes
7 1/8in. (18cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The name for this particular type of late Safavid porcelain ware derives from the European name for Bandar-e Abbas, the Iranian port from which it was shipped (Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, London, 2004, p. 478). A similar bowl was sold in these Rooms, 17 April 2007, lot 6.

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