Lot 5008 D α

Two octagonal Iranian fritware bowls

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 10:30 - Oriental Works of Art from Belgian Collections
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 992 € (incl. premium)
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Two octagonal Iranian fritware bowls

Turquoise glaze with fine craquelure. Modelled vessels on high footrings. Each with eight panels divided by braided ridges, decorated with facing sphinges and two facing horsemen holding a ring. The scene with the two horsemen is an investiture scene deriving from ancient Persian iconography. Inventory numbers. Older, partially crumbling restorations to the rim. Retouches and traces of sintering. H ca. 14, diameter ca. 20 cm.
12th C.

Provenance

Acquired at the auction "Arts d´orient Archéologie Islam", Hotel Drouot, June, 15th, 1988, lot 76 and 77.

Literature

Cf. Grube, Islamic Pottery of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London 1976, p. 166, no. 113.