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Property from the collection of Qajar Prince, Bahram Mirza "Sardar-I-Massoud"
Lot 21R
A large Aghkand sgraffiato pottery bowl Persia, 12th Century
14 November 2023, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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A large Aghkand sgraffiato pottery bowl
Persia, 12th Century
Persia, 12th Century
of shallow rounded form with flattened rim on a short foot, incised and decorated in green and ochre on a cream ground with a design of foliate motifs and lozenges filled with circle motifs forming a large flowerhead, the rim with a band of foliate motifs
36.5 cm. diam.
36.5 cm. diam.
Footnotes
Provenance
The Collection of Bahram Mirza "Sardar-i-Massoud" (1885-1916), Paris, thence by descent.
For an Aghkand bowl with similar decoration see Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 4 April 2006, lot 42.
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