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

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

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