Lot Essay
It is most unusual to find a pierced filter across the mouth of a Kashan pottery jug.
CENTRAL PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
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A KASHAN LUSTRE WATER JUG
CENTRAL PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
With shouldered inverted drop-shaped body on short spreading foot, the cylindrical mouth closed by a filter pierced with a rosette, simple angled tubular spout, a beaded handle linking the mouth and shoulder, the body with an overall lattice enclosing small shaped panels containing human figures divided by small arabesque panels, similar designs around the neck, a band of reserved stylised kufic around the mouth, the interior of the mouth with a band of naskh around the lustre painted rosette filter, very slight restoration
10½in. (26.5cm.) high
CENTRAL PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
With shouldered inverted drop-shaped body on short spreading foot, the cylindrical mouth closed by a filter pierced with a rosette, simple angled tubular spout, a beaded handle linking the mouth and shoulder, the body with an overall lattice enclosing small shaped panels containing human figures divided by small arabesque panels, similar designs around the neck, a band of reserved stylised kufic around the mouth, the interior of the mouth with a band of naskh around the lustre painted rosette filter, very slight restoration
10½in. (26.5cm.) high