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Ibex bowl Iran or Iraq, 12th century
With curved sides and a…
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29
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Ibex bowl Iran or Iraq, 12th century
With curved sides and a…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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Description
Ibex bowl
Iran or Iraq, 12th century
With curved sides and annular base, in siliceous ceramic covered with a whitish slip and painted in polychrome under a transparent glaze. In the centre of the basin, a beautiful ibex is advancing towards the left, its coat rendered in turquoise blue enhanced with cobalt and surrounded by black; the animal is set against a background of stylised flowers and shrubs in cobalt, green and manganese brown.
The reverse, with a low ring foot, bears in its centre a calligraphic word in kufi in oxide and retains an oval label from an old collection.
Condition: intact, slight chips to the rim.
H. 4.5 x D. 10 cm (1.8 x 3.9 in.)
Provenance :
Private collection of Mr A., Paris, acquired from Galerie Brimo de Laroussilhe, 1985.
A fritware bowl, painted in underglaze polychrome with a striding ibex amid stylised foliage in turquoise ; the underside with a Kufic inscription in oxide and an old collection label. Iran or Iraq, 12th century.
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