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CENTRAL IRAN, CIRCA 1200
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A MINA'I POTTERY FOOTED DISH
Central Iran, circa 1200
With flat base, vertical sides and everted flat rim on three feet in the form of red lions, the interior with a central figure of a horseman, the sides with coloured lobed motifs, the rim with a band of reserved stylised kufic against a blue ground, the exterior with a simplified band of naskh inscription, repaired breaks, small areas of restoration
6½in. (16.5cm.) diam.
Central Iran, circa 1200
With flat base, vertical sides and everted flat rim on three feet in the form of red lions, the interior with a central figure of a horseman, the sides with coloured lobed motifs, the rim with a band of reserved stylised kufic against a blue ground, the exterior with a simplified band of naskh inscription, repaired breaks, small areas of restoration
6½in. (16.5cm.) diam.
Provenance
Hagop Kevorkian, New York.
Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck
Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck
Literature
Pal, Pratapaditya (ed.): Islamic Art, the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, Los Angeles, 1973, no.44, pp.39-40.
Exhibited
Persian Exhibition, New York, 1940
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium