A BAMIYAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY BOWL, AFGHANISTAN LATE 12TH-EARLY 13TH CENTURY A BAMIYAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY BOWL, AFGHANISTAN LATE 12TH-EARLY 13TH CENTURY A BAMIYAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY BOWL, AFGHANISTAN LATE 12TH-EARLY 13TH CENTURY A BAMIYAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY BOWL, AFGHANISTAN LATE 12TH-EARLY 13TH CENTURY

A BAMIYAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY BOWL, AFGHANISTAN LATE 12TH-EARLY 13TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3002945

Of rounded form on short spreading foot, the interior moulded under the glaze with two large different lions prowling around the central roundel, on tight scrolling flowering and palmette vine ground, a line of manganese around the rim, the turquoise exterior with a band of manganese rope-pattern and occasional vertical stripes, intact, minimal fritting to rim, very slight iridescence. 16 cm. diam. 9.5 cm. height