Arts of the Islamic World & India
Arts of the Islamic World & India
A Safavid turquoise spouted jug, Persia, Kirman, first half 17th century
Auction Closed
October 25, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the body of spherical form rising from a short foot to a slightly tapering cylindrical neck with everted rim, a thin curved handle and straight spout, covered with a deep turquoise slip and decorated with incised bands of trefoil patterns, the handle painted with band on pointed motifs
13cm. height
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A bottle attributed to Kirman and dated to the first half of the seventeenth century in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (inv. no.909, published in Soustiel 1985, cat. no.312, p.288) displays a comparable incised decoration of trefoil motifs.