PERSIA, PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY

This rare bottle combines two decorative motifs both of which are found at the beginning of the Timurid period. The large floral spray, seen in the middle of each face, is a feature which is found in Sultanabad pottery and in Jalayrid and Muzaffarid art, and which continued to feature in miniature paintings of the late 14th and early 15th Centuries (Lentz, Thomas W. and Lowry, Glenn D.: Timur and the Princely Vision, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles, 1989, no.17, p.61). The border design of leaves forming rectangular panels is echoed in miniatures of the same period in carpets designs (Lentz and Lowry, op.cit, no.14, p.55).