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Lot 40R
A Safavid underglaze-painted pottery vase Persia, 17th century
14 November 2023, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,560 inc. premium
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A Safavid underglaze-painted pottery vase
Persia, 17th century
Persia, 17th century
of spherical form on a short splayed foot with slightly flaring neck, decorated in cobalt blue and black on white ground with panels of floral and foliate motifs to the body, four scalloped cartouches containing inscriptions to the shoulder, floral and foliate motifs to the neck, a lozenge motif containing concentric circles at each corner to the base
13.6 cm. high
13.6 cm. high
Footnotes
Provenance
Sotheby's, Islamic and Indian Art, 25 April 1991, lot 956.
Inscriptions in Persian: Az badeh rokh hamcho gol afrukhteh, Vaz atash-e 'eshq jan-e man sukhteh, '(My) face is flushed from wine, like a rose, And my soul is burnt from the fire of love.'
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