A FIGURAL POTTERY BOWL

EASTERN IRAN, 10TH CENTURY

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A FIGURAL POTTERY BOWL
EASTERN IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
On short flat foot, the polychrome slip decoration under transparent glaze with a large lion amid foliage, bordered with floral scrolls, the exterior with green glaze, with tripod mark
8¼in. (21cm.) diam.

Provenance

UK private collection since 1998

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Lot Essay

A very similar bowl is in the Al-Sabah Collection in the National Museum of Kuwait (Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, London, 2004, cat.Gc.4, p.234).

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