Enrica Medugno
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Property from the collection of Qajar Prince, Bahram Mirza "Sardar-I-Massoud"
Lot 25R
A Sultanabad underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 13th/ 14th Century
14 November 2023, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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A Sultanabad underglaze-painted pottery bowl
Persia, 13th/ 14th Century
Persia, 13th/ 14th Century
of deep rounded form on a tall foot, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise and black on a white ground with a central rosette to the well encircled by a band of vegetal motifs surrounded by a band of alternating cartouches containing vegetal scrollwork and palmettes, the rim with a further band of vegetal motifs, the exterior with radiating lines alternately branching towards the rim and overlaid with dot motifs
22.1 cm. diam. max.
22.1 cm. diam. max.
Footnotes
Provenance
The Collection of Bahram Mirza "Sardar-i-Massoud" (1885-1916), Paris, thence by descent.
The decoration on the present lot is comparable to that found on a Sultanabad dish in the British Museum, London, both featuring a rosette to the well and bands of vegetal motifs (Accession No. 1888,0413.4).
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