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CENTRAL IRAN, 13TH CENTURY
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A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL IRAN, 13TH CENTURY
Of conical form on short foot, the interior decorated with a scrolling roundel in golden-brown lustre with a cobalt-blue arabesque, surrounded by a band of naskh punctuated by foliate medallions on white ground, and a further band of naskh in reserve against a lustre ground, the exterior with repeated foliate medallions
6 5/8in. (16.9cm.) diam.
CENTRAL IRAN, 13TH CENTURY
Of conical form on short foot, the interior decorated with a scrolling roundel in golden-brown lustre with a cobalt-blue arabesque, surrounded by a band of naskh punctuated by foliate medallions on white ground, and a further band of naskh in reserve against a lustre ground, the exterior with repeated foliate medallions
6 5/8in. (16.9cm.) diam.
Provenance
Private Japanese collection, 1973-1977
Private Japanese collection, purchased 1977, from whom purchased by the current owner
Private Japanese collection, purchased 1977, from whom purchased by the current owner
Literature
Treasures of Persian Ceramics, Tokyo, 1973, no. 13.
European Works of Art in the early modern period and Persian Ceramics, Tokyo, 1977, no. 109
European Works of Art in the early modern period and Persian Ceramics, Tokyo, 1977, no. 109
Engraved
Around the rim in reserve against a lustre ground, Persian and Arabic verses.
For the Persian verses see Oya Pancaroglu, Perpetual Glory, New Haven and London 2007, no.61, starting, 'O heart, do you see any sign of joy?'
For the Arabic verses, which are incomplete, see the first couplet of the Arabic verses on the subject of learning in Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic lands, London 2004, Cat.O.15, p.356.
The inscription ends with part of a Persian couplet. For this couplet, see Pancaroglu 2007, no.80, starting ‘It is better to consider all affairs'
Around the centre in lustre on a white ground, Persian verses attributed to Malik Tughan-Shah. For these verses, see Pancaroglu 2007,no.86, verses starting 'I wondered if there would be a remedy for my anguish'
For the Persian verses see Oya Pancaroglu, Perpetual Glory, New Haven and London 2007, no.61, starting, 'O heart, do you see any sign of joy?'
For the Arabic verses, which are incomplete, see the first couplet of the Arabic verses on the subject of learning in Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic lands, London 2004, Cat.O.15, p.356.
The inscription ends with part of a Persian couplet. For this couplet, see Pancaroglu 2007, no.80, starting ‘It is better to consider all affairs'
Around the centre in lustre on a white ground, Persian verses attributed to Malik Tughan-Shah. For these verses, see Pancaroglu 2007,no.86, verses starting 'I wondered if there would be a remedy for my anguish'
Special notice
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