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Lot 513
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A Nishapur Bowl with a figure on horseback, Eastern Persia, 10th century

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Earthenware
of deep round form, painted in black and yellow and green under a transparent glaze with a figure on horseback, various stylised birds and flowerheads in background, exterior with alternating red and green palms

Exhibited

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

Literature

O. Pancaroglu, Perpetual Glory. Medieval Islamic Ceramics From The Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007, pp.80-81, no.39.

Condition

In good condition, broken with associated restoration including some overpainting, as viewed.
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