Live Auction 15505Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets
A POTTERY CONICAL BOWL
Lot 45

A POTTERY CONICAL BOWL

NISHAPUR, NORTHEAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY

Closed25 October 2018

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GBP 12,500

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A POTTERY CONICAL BOWL
NISHAPUR, NORTHEAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
The cavetto with two birds painted on white ground, repaired breaks with areas of restoration
13 ¼in. (33.5cm.)

Tehran art market, by repute, by the 1960's.

Specialist note

A bowl in the collection of the Louvre Abu Dhabi decorated with two large birds arranged around the cavetto closely relates to our lot. Whilst the birds on the Abu Dhabi bowl are inscribed with the word baraka ('blessing'), ours are elegantly highlighted with red slip to indicate the wattles and the legs (Paris, 2018, p.153)