CENTRAL IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY

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A KASHAN COBALT-BLUE AND LUSTRE CONICAL BOWL
CENTRAL IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
On vertical foot, the interior with a central roundel depicting a deer against foliage, the sides with a band of roundels each containing a drop-motif, a band of reserved naskh inscription above and below, the exterior with a band of reserved naskh inscription around the rim above simple motifs, intact
6in. (15.3cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The inscriptions are as follows:
Round the rim is a Persian quatrain (not recorded and not all read) and a benedictory couplet which translates 'May the Creator of the World protect , The owner of this wherever he may be', followed in Arabic by al-'izz wa al-iqbal (Glory and Prosperity).

Round the base is an Arabic quatrain. For a similar Arabic quatrain see Ernst J. Grube, Cobalt and Lustre, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, London, 1994, no.278.

The inscription round the exterior rim remains undeciphered.

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