PAIR OF SELJUK GLAZED POTTERY VESSELS

Ca. AD 1200 (or later) A pair of glazed pottery vessels, from left to right: a bowl with a ring foot, deep conical sides and a broad everted rim, the interior painted in dark blue and green with large stylised foliate motifs, scrolling tendrils and dotted ornament arranged radially around a central medallion enclosing a bird; and a jug with a short cylindrical foot, a bulbous lower body, sloping shoulders and a broad cylindrical neck, with a single strap handle joining the neck to the shoulder. The neck is encircled by a band of Arabic calligraphy between blue horizontal borders. The shoulders are painted with seated figures in circular medallions separated by scrolling arabesques, above a band of interlaced geometric ornament. The lower body is decorated with a frieze of birds and stylised script, painted in blue, turquoise and black. Size: 150-280mm x 105-125mm; Weight: 1.28kg 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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