Live Auction 7987Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds
A NISHAPUR MOULDED TURQUOISE-GLAZED POTTERY JUG
Lot 51

A NISHAPUR MOULDED TURQUOISE-GLAZED POTTERY JUG

NORTH EAST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY

Closed6 October 2011

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GBP 3,125

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A NISHAPUR MOULDED TURQUOISE-GLAZED POTTERY JUG
NORTH EAST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY
With rounded turquoise glazed body on short vertical foot, with tall slightly everted neck and straight handle with ball finial joining body and neck, the shoulder deeply moulded with a stylised kufic inscription against a ground of scrolling vine, two intertwined lines above, small areas of restoration
8 7/8in. (22.4cm.) high

UK private collection since 2008, formerly with Asian private collection since 1985.

Specialist note

The inscription around this jug reads, dama laka al'-izz wa al-zafar ma tala'a [al-]sham[s wa al-qamar], 'May there be glory and triumph for you as long as [the sun and moon] rise'.