Lot 175
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A LARGE SAFAVID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY BOTTLE
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A LARGE SAFAVID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY BOTTLE

IRAN, POSSIBLY KHORASSAN, CIRCA 1580-1600

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A LARGE SAFAVID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY BOTTLE
IRAN, POSSIBLY KHORASSAN, CIRCA 1580-1600
Of pronounced drop-shape on short foot, the surface completely covered with fine scrolling motifs around a variety of human figures, animals and animal combat groups divided by similar floral sprays, the foot with a band of scrolls, the neck broken and mounted in the Qajar period with a brass band of engraved figural cartouches, one area of damage to glaze, areas of slight staining
14¾in. (37.5cm.) high
Provenance
Joseph Dixon, sold in these Rooms from his estate, 17 March 1911, lot 128
Exhibited
Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1885 (label on underside)
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The decoration on this very unusual bottle appears to have no real parallel in the published literature. The scrolling ground is reminiscent of some late Yuan Chinese porcelains, but the figural designs are fully Persian. One of the figures in particular seems close to the figural style of the artist Muhammadi with relatively small heads and round compact turbans, although there are certainly other figures which do not conform. Since blue and white soft paste porcelain was also manufactured at this time in Mashhad it seems most probable that this is the place of origin.

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