Lot 290
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A SAFAVID MOTTLED TURQUOISE GLAZED BALUSTER VASE of voluptuous form with rounded shoulder and spreading foot, the whole painted under the glaze with a mottled black speckling, covered with a plain turquoise glaze, 17th century (filled hole, rim restored with brass band)

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A SAFAVID MOTTLED TURQUOISE GLAZED BALUSTER VASE of voluptuous form with rounded shoulder and spreading foot, the whole painted under the glaze with a mottled black speckling, covered with a plain turquoise glaze, 17th century (filled hole, rim restored with brass band)
13in. (33.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

Two dishes have been published using identical decoration to that found here (Fehérvári, G.: Islamic Pottery - A Comprehensive Study based on the Barlow Collection, London, 1973, no.190, p.143 and pl.82b, and Momtaz, I.: A Perspective of Unity, 1995, no.33, p.31)

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