RAKKA, CIRCA 1200
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AN UNDERGLAZE PAINTED POTTERY EWER
RAKKA, CIRCA 1200
Of cylindrical form on short foot, with flat shoulder, short tubular neck and simple loop handle, the body moulded and painted with an overall pattern of spiralling waterweed in white and black against a cobalt-blue ground, a band of naskh below, the shoulder with a band of quadrupeds above another naskh band, the neck with similar waterweed decoration, extensive iridescence, repairs and restoration
13½in. (34cm.) high
RAKKA, CIRCA 1200
Of cylindrical form on short foot, with flat shoulder, short tubular neck and simple loop handle, the body moulded and painted with an overall pattern of spiralling waterweed in white and black against a cobalt-blue ground, a band of naskh below, the shoulder with a band of quadrupeds above another naskh band, the neck with similar waterweed decoration, extensive iridescence, repairs and restoration
13½in. (34cm.) high