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A RAQQA POTTERY SHALLOW BOWL
SYRIA, EARLY 14TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with flaring everted rim on short foot, the interior painted in black, blue and brick-red with a central rotating six-pointed star, the sides with alternating black and red panels containing paired crossed arabesque leaves between plain blue stripes, the rim with panels of triangle leaf-motifs alternating with dot-and-dash panels, the exterior with a single plain band, intact, areas of iridescence
11 5/8in. (29.4cm.) diam.
SYRIA, EARLY 14TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with flaring everted rim on short foot, the interior painted in black, blue and brick-red with a central rotating six-pointed star, the sides with alternating black and red panels containing paired crossed arabesque leaves between plain blue stripes, the rim with panels of triangle leaf-motifs alternating with dot-and-dash panels, the exterior with a single plain band, intact, areas of iridescence
11 5/8in. (29.4cm.) diam.
Provenance
Henri Pharaon Collection, Beirut