A TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF A CARAVANSERAI
A TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF A CARAVANSERAI

PROBABLY NISHAPUR, NORTH EAST PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY

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A TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF A CARAVANSERAI
PROBABLY NISHAPUR, NORTH EAST PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, with fitted drawer, the upper storey having a band of animals modelled in the round surrounded by bands of circular balustrading, a band of similar much larger circles around the lower part, losses
10in. (25.3cm.) long

拍品專文

This model has three pottery drawers. Each of the side ones had to be put in place before the central one was inserted.