A Kashan blue-glazed moulded pottery bottle vase, Persia, 12th century

the frit body of baluster form with a compressed globular base resting on a short foot, the narrow tapering neck joined to a wide flaring fluted mouth of tulip form, decorated in dark blue glaze with a moulded calligraphic and foliate design on the curving shoulder

Broken and restored with some associated overpainting and infill, iridescence throughout, minor chips to lip, as viewed.
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inscriptions

‘Blessing and good-fortune and joy and happiness and...’