NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY

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A NISHAPUR "TANG SPLASHED" EARTHENWARE BOWL
NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
Of conical form on short foot, the interior incised through the white slip with a central roundel of cross-hatching, the wall of the bowl with overlapping palmettes picked out with manganese, green and yellow, the exterior with radiating stripes in similar colours, repaired clean breaks
14½in. (31.1cm.) diam.

Provenance

Cohen, Tehran, 1964

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Lot Essay

Bowls of similar design with cross-hatching and palmettes were found among those excavated during the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Iranian Expedition of 1935-1940, (Wilkinson, Charles: Nishapur Pottery of the Early Islamic Period, New York, figs.13-67b, pp.54-89). Although palmettes are included within the other designs, they are all inverted and not placed horizontally as here.

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