NISHAPUR GLAZED BOWL WITH GEOMETRIC CENTRAL MOTIF

Ca. AD 900 - 1000 A Nishapur glazed pottery bowl featuring a deep basin and convex walls painted with quadripartite space is divided into two medallions with floral motifs and two with geometric patterns in hues of black, red, and green glaze dots on the white ground. A homogeneous transparent glaze covers the interior. The exterior is adorned only on the top under the rim with diagonal lines. For similar see: Nishapur, pottery of the early Islamic Period, p. 154, n. 23.
Size: 195mm x 85mm; Weight: 375g
Provenance: Property of a London Islamic art specialist collector; previously in a collection formed since the 1980s.

300
Estimate: GBP 450 - 900