Enrica Medugno
Sale Coordinator
Property from the collection of Qajar Prince, Bahram Mirza "Sardar-I-Massoud"
Lot 20R
A large Nishapur slip-painted pottery jug Persia, 10th Century
14 November 2023, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£12,000 - £15,000
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A large Nishapur slip-painted pottery jug
Persia, 10th Century
Persia, 10th Century
of inverted piriform on a short foot with flaring neck and strap handle, decorated in manganese and tomato-red on a cream ground with a band of split-palmette motifs interspersed by knotted tendrils to the shoulder, the neck with knotted tendrils, all on a stippled ground, the rim with a zig-zag band, the handle with hatched decoration to the top
24.7 cm. high
24.7 cm. high
Footnotes
Provenance
The Collection of Bahram Mirza "Sardar-i-Massoud" (1885-1916), Paris, thence by descent.
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