A fine intact Kashan underglaze-decorated handled cup, Persia, circa 1200-1220

the frit body of compressed globular form on a short vertical foot with ring handle and foliate thumb-piece, painted in underglaze cobalt blue on a white ground with vertical stripes running the height of the body and around the edge of the rim and handle

A handled cup of similar form but with turquoise and black striped decoration is in the al-Sabah collection in Kuwait, see Watson 2004, p.342, no.N.II.