A Kashan cup with stylised vegetal decoration and inscriptions under a transparent turquoise glaze, Persian, early 13th century

of squat globular form with short straight neck and applied ring handle with thumb-piece, on a short foot, composed of fritware painted in black under a transparent turquoise glaze, with a band of entwined palmettes on the body, set between bands of inscriptions, with 'waterweed' motifs near the foot

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

O. Pancaroglu, Perpetual Glory. Medieval Islamic Ceramics From The Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007, p.105, no.63.

In general good condition, one small round hole in body, otherwise intact, craquelure to body and some iridescence to surface associated with age, small hole in foot, as viewed.
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