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Lot 175
  • 175

A Figurine of a camel and rider with drums, Persia, late 12th/early 13th century

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Molded Fritware
a fragment composed of fritware with a turquoise glaze, moulded as a free standing figurine riding a camel with drums

Exhibited

Perpetual Glory. Medieval Islamic Ceramics From the Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007.

Literature

O. Pancaroglu, Perpetual Glory. Medieval Islamic Ceramics from The Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007, p.95, no.54.

Condition

In good condition, fragment, some iridescence to surface, as viewed.
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