A Fine Kashan Pierced White Ware Pottery Bowl, Persia, late 12th/early 13th century

of deep rounded form on a short, slightly splayed foot, the fritware body finely carved and pierced with a reticulated frieze of leafy scrolls, covered with a transparent colourless glaze, touches of cobalt blue at the rim

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

O. Pancaroglu, Perpetual Glory. Medieval Islamic Ceramics From The Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007, p.93, no.50.

In excellent condition, some staining to the glaze along one edge of the rim, bowl intact, as viewed.
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