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Lot 52R
A Nishapur buffware pottery bowl Persia, 10th Century
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,200 inc. premium
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A Nishapur buffware pottery bowl
Persia, 10th Century
Persia, 10th Century
of deep rounded form on a short foot, decorated in yellow, green and manganese on a buff ground with a mounted warrior, a fallen figure on the ground below, surrounded by quadrupeds and mythical creatures interspersed by vegetal motifs and pseudo kufic inscriptions, the exterior with a band of stylised leaf motifs
22.6 cm. diam.
22.6 cm. diam.
Footnotes
Provenance
Private UK collection, acquired at Christie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 15 October 2002, lot 203.
This kind of buffware pottery first came to light in the 1930s following excavations at Nishapur, and contrasted greatly with the restrained colours and use of empty space within the previously known epigraphic wares from the area. Nishapur was not the only centre of production for these types of wares, however it appears to have produced the widest range of designs (Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, London, 2004, p. 247). An example featuring a warrior on horseback is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (C.294-1987). For a further example sold in these rooms, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 6 October 2015, lot 27.
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