MESOPOTAMIA, 8TH/9TH CENTURY
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AN ABBASID POLYCHROME LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
MESOPOTAMIA, 8TH/9TH CENTURY
Of shallow rounded form with everted lip on short foot, the off-white tin-glazed interior painted in three colours of lustre with a bold panelled abstract palmette design formed of bold panels each filled with a variety of smaller motifs, the reverse with circles containing three splashed motifs divided by triangular panels, the underside of the foot with a similar circle, slight restoration
10¼in. (26cm.) diam.
MESOPOTAMIA, 8TH/9TH CENTURY
Of shallow rounded form with everted lip on short foot, the off-white tin-glazed interior painted in three colours of lustre with a bold panelled abstract palmette design formed of bold panels each filled with a variety of smaller motifs, the reverse with circles containing three splashed motifs divided by triangular panels, the underside of the foot with a similar circle, slight restoration
10¼in. (26cm.) diam.