A GROUP OF TWELVE POTTERY SHERDS
A GROUP OF TWELVE POTTERY SHERDS

EGYPT, SYRIA AND IRAN, 10TH-14TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF TWELVE POTTERY SHERDS
EGYPT, SYRIA AND IRAN, 10TH-14TH CENTURY
Comprising twelve fragments, each with a figural, floral, animal or avian design, in lustre or colours, nine of the fragments signed, one repaired
Largest fragment 3¾in. (9.5cm.) across; smallest 1¼in. (3.2cm.) across (12)

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One of these fragments, that in the upper left hand corner, with the figural design, is from Kashan and dates from the 13th century. Others similar were also found in Egypt and are in the Islamic Museum in Cairo (La Céramique Égyptienne de l'Époque Musulmane, Egypt, 1922, pl. 124). For more examples of signed pottery shards from Fatimid and Mamluk Egypt and Syria see (op.cit., pl. 128).

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