KASHAN POYCHROME VASE WITH FIGURAL DECORATION

Ca. 13th century AD A pottery vase with a globular body on a ring foot, a short cylindrical neck with a broad flanged mouth and a curved handle joining the neck to the shoulder. The body is painted in polychrome with seated figures arranged around the sides, outlined in black against a finely patterned ground. A broad cobalt blue band of hatched cartouches encircles the lower body. The shoulder is decorated with a band of calligraphy above alternating coloured petal motifs, with a further calligraphic register around the neck. The rim, mouth and base of the neck are picked out in cobalt blue. Size: 230mm x 170mm; Weight: 1.2kg Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

Estimate:£200

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