NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
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A NISHAPUR POTTERY BOWL
NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
Rising from short foot to widely everting rim, the interior painted under the glaze in green, yellow and brown with a central roundel containing stylised bird within a shaped outline terminating in a palmette and reserved against a dark brown ground, to its side a stylised kufic inscription, alternating green and yellow stripes on similar brown ground radiating from the central roundel, the exterior with green and yellow lozenges alternating with extended ovoid shapes and groups of small dashes, the foot with splashed green mark, repaired breaks
9½in. (24.1cm.) diam.
NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
Rising from short foot to widely everting rim, the interior painted under the glaze in green, yellow and brown with a central roundel containing stylised bird within a shaped outline terminating in a palmette and reserved against a dark brown ground, to its side a stylised kufic inscription, alternating green and yellow stripes on similar brown ground radiating from the central roundel, the exterior with green and yellow lozenges alternating with extended ovoid shapes and groups of small dashes, the foot with splashed green mark, repaired breaks
9½in. (24.1cm.) diam.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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