Lot 339
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A KASHAN MOULDED COBALT BLUE VASE of globular form with sloping shoulder and band below the flaring mouth, on short foot, the sides extremely finely moulded with an arcade enclosing a variety of human figures with remarkably moulded clothing and details, the arcade resting on shaped pillars with moulded palmette panels, a band of moulded finely scrolling vine below overlaid with paired flying birds, early 13th century (restored)

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A KASHAN MOULDED COBALT BLUE VASE of globular form with sloping shoulder and band below the flaring mouth, on short foot, the sides extremely finely moulded with an arcade enclosing a variety of human figures with remarkably moulded clothing and details, the arcade resting on shaped pillars with moulded palmette panels, a band of moulded finely scrolling vine below overlaid with paired flying birds, early 13th century (restored)
6¾in. (17.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

This vessel matches the quality of the turquoise relief-moulded ewer in the Museo Nationale del Arte Orientale, Rome (Eredita del Islam, Arte Islamica in Italia, Exhibition Catalogue Venice, 1993-1994, pp. 225, no. 111) where the main field is decorated with a frieze of male dancers.

The figures on our vase are reminiscent of the Labours of the Month which occur on a number of bronze candlesticks produced in Siirt (D.S. Rice, "The Seasons and Labours of the Month in Islamic Art", Ars Orientalis , I, pp. 1-39). These too are placed in cusped arcades. The figures include a huntsman carrying a wild boar, a standing figure carrying a sheaf of corn, a mounted bowman and a figure holding a goblet.

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