CENTRAL IRAN, LATE 12TH CENTURY

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A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL IRAN, LATE 12TH CENTURY
The bowl decorated in very strong lustre with a repeating design of figures kneeling within roundels alternated with elegant scrolling arabesque, the interior divided into panels with alternating inscription and waterweed motifs, intact
7 5/8in. (19.3cm.) diam.; 4 1/8in. (10.7cm.) high

Provenance

Habib Sabet (1903-1990), Paris and New York
Thence by descent

Engraved

Undeciphered, possibly Arabic benedictions.

Further details

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Lot Essay

This bowl is in beautiful condition, intact and with a clear glaze throughout. The large figures and sparse interior design indicates that it belongs to the earliest group of Kashan pottery, dubbed the 'monumental style' by Oliver Watson. An example with a similar profile, also decorated with cross-legged smiling figures around the exterior, is in the al-Sabah collection. That example, formerly part of the collection of D. K. Kelikian, was reportedly excavated in Sultanabad.

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