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Country of Origin: Ottoman
Empire
JBOC Comments:
Auction Catalogue Description:
Arts of the Islamic World
SALE L06220 LOT 90
SESSION 1 | 05 Apr 06 10:30 AM.
London, New Bond Street
A FINE INTACT KASHAN LUSTRE BOTTLE, PERSIA, CIRCA
1200
50,000—60,000 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
measurements note
30.6cm.
DESCRIPTION
of baluster form, with bulbous body, the tall
conical neck terminating in a tulip mouth, the
foot ring slightly splayed, decorated in brown
lustre and cobalt blue on a cream ground, the
body with roundels and split palmettes filled
with scrolls and foliate forms, a narrow
geometric band below with further bands of
calligraphy reserved on a solid lustre ground,
the lower body and mouth decorated with roundels
enclosing the dot and feathery motif
CATALOGUE NOTE
inscriptions
Persian couplets and benedictory inscriptions in
Persian and Arabic.
The feathery roundels are also seen on the
exterior of a bowl in the Nasser D. Khalili
Collection, see Grube 1994 p.245, no.280.
Seen on www.Sotheby's.com
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