Sale 6628
London
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15 October 2002
Price realised
GBP 6,572
Estimate
A KASHAN TURQUOISE GLAZED CONICAL POTTERY BOWL Central Iran, early 13th century On vertical foot, the interior painted under the brilliant turquoise glaze with four radiating panels of stylised arabesques and floral motifs around stylised palmettes divided by black bands of reserved naskh inscriptions flanked by cobalt-blue lines, the exterior with radiating stylised waterweed-motifs, repaired breaks, slight iridescence, brilliant glaze in centre 8½in. (21.5cm.) diam.
Provenance
Hagop Kevorkian (label on underside) Nasli M. Heeramaneck, donated by Joan Palevsky
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Literature
Pal, Pratapaditya (ed.): Islamic Art, the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, Los Angeles, 1973, no.59, pp.42-3.
Exhibited
Persian Exhibition, New York, 1940
The inscriptions on this bowl are Persian verses (a ruba'i and a couplet): "Oh you, whose will it is to hurt me for years and months, Who are free from me and glad at my anguish You vowed [not to] break your promise again, It is I who have caused this breach" "May the Creator of the World protect The owner of this [bowl], wherever he may be".
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