AN ABBASID POLYCHROME LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
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AN ABBASID POLYCHROME LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL

MESOPOTAMIA, 9TH CENTURY

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AN ABBASID POLYCHROME LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
MESOPOTAMIA, 9TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with everted rim on short foot, the interior painted in brown and green lustre with a central highly stylised palmette flanked by four areas of alternating dotted and hatched patterns, the exterior with bold chevron motifs, repaired breaks
8in. (20cm.) diam.
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.

拍品專文

Although the palmette takes a somewhat different form, with four distinct leaves as opposed to the one of this piece, this bowl bears some resemblence to a brown and yellow example in the Metropolitan Museum, published in Arthur Lane's Early Islamic Pottery (London, 1957, Plate 10A).