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A large Kashan lustre flaring pottery bowl
Central Iran, dated Jumada II AH603/January 1207 AD
painted with a central roundel of a musician playing a lute and further seated figure, the sides with entwined stylised dragons with paired confronting heads, within bands of naskh inscriptions, the exterior with a broad band of palmette roundels beneath a naskh band -- 10¾in. (27.2cms) diam, (restoration and old wear), several old collection labels to base.
See Illustration.
Exhibited:
Exhibition of Persian Art, New York, 1940
A Bowl with different centre but identical decoration on the sides, dated AH607/1210AD, was found at Gurgan (Bahami, Mehdi: Gurgan Faiences, Cairo, 1949, pl.LXIII)
Central Iran, dated Jumada II AH603/January 1207 AD
painted with a central roundel of a musician playing a lute and further seated figure, the sides with entwined stylised dragons with paired confronting heads, within bands of naskh inscriptions, the exterior with a broad band of palmette roundels beneath a naskh band -- 10¾in. (27.2cms) diam, (restoration and old wear), several old collection labels to base.
See Illustration.
Exhibited:
Exhibition of Persian Art, New York, 1940
A Bowl with different centre but identical decoration on the sides, dated AH607/1210AD, was found at Gurgan (Bahami, Mehdi: Gurgan Faiences, Cairo, 1949, pl.LXIII)
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