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Lot 158
  • 158

A Timurid or Mamluk blue, black and white bowl, Syria or Persia, 15th century

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • ceramic
the body of squat bulbous form on a short foot with a wide mouth with straight-edged rim, the exterior painted in cobalt blue and brown on an off-white ground, with a row of connecting eight-pointed stars containing wave-shape designs, between cross-hatched lozenge motifs, above painted brown arcades each containing a stylised grape-vine, the interior with a floral motif

Condition

In general good condition, once broken with associated restoration and overpainting, as viewed.
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