A FINE INTACT KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY

of truncated conical form with flaring walls stepped down to a straight vertical foot, painted in lustre, two mirroring trianguloid bands outlined in cobalt-blue running from base to mouth filled with naskh script in lustre interspersed with two cartouches also outlined in cobalt-blue containing foliate motifs and naskh script reserved on a lustre ground, the body also with two opposing figures against a decorative background, the back with a continuous band of naskh script reserved on a lustre ground above a scrolling stem pattern



inscriptions



Inside in two panels:  Two Persian and one Arabic quatrain.



Round outer rim: A Persian quatrain followed by:



"al-'izz al-da'im wa al-iqbal al-za'id wa al- .....
 wa al-farr al-qa'im wa al-salama wa al-'izz al-da'im"



'Perpetual Glory and increasing Prosperity and .....
constant Elegance and Well-being and Perpetual Glory'

intact, minor chip to foot ring, minor areas of glaze cracquelure, minor nibbles to rim, as viewed
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