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Lot 28R
A Kashan lustre pottery vessel Persia, 12th/13th century
14 November 2023, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,500 - £3,500
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A Kashan lustre pottery vessel
Persia, 12th/13th century
Persia, 12th/13th century
of squat globular form on a short foot with slightly flaring neck and two zoomorphic handles in the form of felines, decorated in a golden-brown lustre with a band of inscription to the neck, the body with panels of vegetal decoration interspersed by bands of inscription, further vegetal decoration to the underside of body, the interior of the neck with a band of inscription, with collection and exhibition labels from the George Eumorfopoulos Collection; the Nicholas Argenti Collection; the Manchester Art Gallery; and the London Exhibition of Persian Art
approx. 14 cm. tall
approx. 14 cm. tall
Footnotes
Provenance
Collection of George Eumorfopoulos.
Collection of Nicholas Argenti, acquired from the Eumorfopoulos sale, 20 April 1944, lot 103 (£23).
Private UK collection.
Published
R.L. Hobson, The Catalogue of the George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese, Corean, and Persian Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1925-28.
Exhibited
Gemeente-Museum, Exhibition of Islamic Art, The Hague, 1927, Cat. No. 172.
International Exhibition of Persian Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1931.
City of Manchester Art Galleries, 1931, Cat. No. 135.
Inscriptions: around the neck, al-'izz wa al-daw[lah] wa, 'Glory and prosperity and'; then the repeat of al-'izz wa, 'Glory and'; to the body, including al-'izz, 'Glory'; the rest undeciphered.
For an example of a turquoise Kashan spouted vessel of similar form with comparable zoomorphic handles sold at Sotheby's, see Arts of the Islamic World, including Fine Carpets and Textiles, 24 October 2007, lot 119. For a further example of a Kashan lustre vessel of similar form with zoomorphic handles sold in these rooms, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 19 April 2007, lot 80.
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