Sale 5169
London
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26 April 2012
Price realised
GBP 3,000
Estimate
A KASHAN POTTERY JUG CENTRAL IRAN, 12TH CENTURY On short rounded foot rising to wide bulbous body and cylindrical neck, with small round handle and flat thumb knop, painted in black and cobalt-blue on white ground, the body with a band of calligraphy in naskh and also a register of vine, further band of naskh around neck, blue painted rim, intact with heavy surface layer of iridescence, in fitted box 4¾in. (12cm.) high
Provenance
Asian private collection since 1985
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