A SAFAVID ARMENIAN LUSTRE PAINTED COBALT BLUE GLAZED SOFT PASTE PORCELAIN BOTTLE

PROBABLY KIRMAN, SOUTH EAST PERSIA, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY

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A SAFAVID ARMENIAN LUSTRE PAINTED COBALT BLUE GLAZED SOFT PASTE PORCELAIN BOTTLE
PROBABLY KIRMAN, SOUTH EAST PERSIA, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Of drop shape extending into a tapering tubular neck, on short foot, the body covered with a cobalt-blue glaze painted in dark lustre with feathery floral sprays around three figures of deer, the underside of the foot with Armenian inscription, the mouth broken and with repouss silver replacement, body chipped
11in. (30cm.) high

Exhibited

Armenian Ceramic Art, Armenian Museum, New York, autumn, 1982.

Lot Essay

The inscription under the foot reads Manoogin (the property of Manoog).

A very similar Safavid lustre bottle was sold in these Rooms, 19th April 1999, lot 62. While there is very considerable evidence of the strength of the Armenian community in the Julfa district of Isfahan, and a number of bronze items of this period are known with Armenian inscriptions, this appears to be the only example of Safavid lustre pottery with a tangible link to this community.

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