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An Abbasid tin-glazed pottery bowl, Near East, 9th century
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description
a shallow rounded form with a curved rim, decorated in cobalt with a stylised tree composed of a foliate motif within a circular dotted border supported on a hatched stem, flanked by a pair of foliate stems
Provenance
Purchased from Bluett and Sons, London, 1966
Formerly in the Collection of the late Kenneth Malcolm
Exhibited
Islamic Pottery, 800-1400 A.D., exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1969, no.8
Literature
Published in Islamic Pottery, 800-1400 A.D., London, 1969, p.10, no.8
A. Caiger-Smith, Tin-Glazed Pottery, London, 1973, fig.2
Catalogue Note
A comparable example is in the Louvre (inv. no. MAO 359; see Paris 1977, no.42, p.62), and another in the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 1980, no.10, pp.32-33)