Lot Essay
The inscription around this bowl reads, bi'l-yumn wa'l-baraka wa al-salama wa al-dawla 'amal Zangi Ghuri, 'With good fortune and blessings and well being and wealth, work of Zangi Ghuri'.
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SIGNED ZANGI GHURI, AFGHANISTAN, 12TH CENTURY
Details
A FINELY MOULDED TURQUOISE GLAZED BAMIYAN POTTERY BOWL
SIGNED ZANGI GHURI, AFGHANISTAN, 12TH CENTURY
Rising from short, slightly spreading foot to rounded body with slightly everted rim, the body finely moulded with a knotted kufic inscription inhabited with birds, with four vertical manganese splashes, the rim with a series of small manganese splashes, repaired breaks
6in. (15.2cm.) diam.
SIGNED ZANGI GHURI, AFGHANISTAN, 12TH CENTURY
Rising from short, slightly spreading foot to rounded body with slightly everted rim, the body finely moulded with a knotted kufic inscription inhabited with birds, with four vertical manganese splashes, the rim with a series of small manganese splashes, repaired breaks
6in. (15.2cm.) diam.
Provenance
London Art Market, between 1980s and 1990s.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Brought to you by
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
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