A KASHAN MOULDED AND PIERCED MANGANESE GLAZED OIL LAMP

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A KASHAN MOULDED AND PIERCED MANGANESE GLAZED OIL LAMP
CENTRAL PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY

In the form of a bowl with rounded base, vertical sides and everted lip on short foot, the sides moulded under the glaze with a broad band of flowering vine around a kufic inscription, the opening sealed over with a concave panel pierced with a rosette in the centre, also with two bands of applied linked roundels, a pointed member betweeen each, repaired, slight restoration, areas of iridescence
5¼in. (13.3cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

This is an unusual type of vessel, presumably a lamp. The wicks were perhaps intended to be threaded through the twelve openwork rings. The body is made of quatz frit with an aubergine coloured glaze, another rare feature. The engraved kufic inscription is on a foliate ground, typical of the period.

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