* A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA, DATED 602 AH/1206 AD * A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA, DATED 602 AH/1206 AD * A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA, DATED 602 AH/1206 AD * A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA, DATED 602 AH/1206 AD

* A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA, DATED 602 AH/1206 AD

Reference: ART3005384

Of deep conical form, painted in lustre heightened in cobalt blue and turquoise on a cream ground, with a central medallion of swimming fish against a ground of cursive scrolls encircled by a border of sgraffiato calligraphy, the sides with six panels alternately depicting seated princely figures and speckled leopards, divided by vertical bands of calligraphy, the exterior with a band of four cartouches below a now obscured border of calligraphy.
Inscriptions: verses in Persian and dated on the outer rim 602 AH/1206 AD.
Height: 11.8 cm.
Diameter: 28 cm.

PROVENANCE
Ex. Kelekian Collection, Label "lent by Kelekian", n°53, Ex. Sotheby's London 1996, lot14.
Exhibited: Formely on loan to the Victora & Albert Museum. With three labels inside the footring, two inscribed with numbers, the third 'LENT BY Kelekian No. 53'.

Literature: Pope: Survey of Persian Art, vol II, pp. 1634-35, vol V, pl. 719 A

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