NORTH WEST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY

Details

A GARRUS POTTERY BOWL
NORTH WEST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY
The interior incised with a lion against a split palmette ground, the exterior with looping band between two plain green borders, repaired breaks
8 1/8in. (21cm.) diam.

Provenance

Japanese private collection by 1978
Fitted kiribako box signed by Takuo Kato (1917-2005)

Exhibited

Orient Art Exhibition, Gallery Orient, No.48, 1978

Further details

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Lot Essay

Incised earthenwares of this type were associated with the town of Garrus in north west Iran. Boldly depicted animals, birds and fleshy palmette scrolls form the major motifs of Garrus ware. An unusual Garrus ceramic ring sold as part of the Collection du Prince et de la Princesse Sadruddin Aga Khan, Christie’s Paris, 1 October 2020, lot 113.

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