KASHAN GREEN-GLAZED ZOOMORPHIC POTTERY EWER

Ca. AD 1200 - 1400 A green-glazed zoomorphic pottery ewer with a squat globular body, a short foot and a cylindrical neck surmounted by a moulded animal head. A tubular spout projects from the front, flanked by two upright horns and connected to the neck by a small loop, with a curved handle joining the upper body to the back of the head. The shoulder is decorated with concentric arched bands enclosing rows of impressed dots, above a raised horizontal rib. The lower body is ornamented with panels of diagonal lines. Size: 225mm x 165mm; Weight: 1.33kg Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.

Estimate:£100

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