CENTRAL IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY

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A KASHAN COBALT-BLUE AND LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Of conical form, the white ground decorated under the glaze in dark lustre and cobalt-blue with a quatrefoil design formed of naskh bands alternated with arabesque design on scrolling ground, with border of white naskh incised through the lustre ground, the exterior with repeating large roundels, repaired breaks
8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) diam.

Provenance

Excavated Kashan, 1934

Engraved

Around the inside of the rim, two Persian quatrains: ‘Oh, you whose will it is to hurt me for years and months’;
‘I carried your love to the heart of my soul’
In the bands radiating from the centre, repeats of ‘I carried your love to the heart of my soul’

Further Details

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Lot Essay

The turquoise split palmettes on the interior of this bowl bear comparison with those on the previous lot. For another example with a similar design and also of conical form, see a bowl in the al-Sabah Collection (acc.no. LNS 211C; Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, London, 2004, p.358, cat. O.16).

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