NISHAPUR GLAZED BOWL WITH FLORAL DECORATION

Ca. AD 900 - 1000 A Nishapur glazed pottery bowl featuring a deep basin and convex walls painted with elaborate floral motifs in hues of black and yellow on buff ground alternating with black medallions. A homogeneous transparent glaze covers the interior. The exterior is entirely unglazed, following the rules of the Nishapur production. For similar see: Nishapur, pottery of the early Islamic Period, p. 154, n. 22.
Size: 290mm x 100mm; Weight: 995g
Provenance: Property of a London Islamic art specialist collector; previously in a collection formed since the 1980s.
This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
300
Estimate: GBP 450 - 900