Earthenware bowl, covered with a white slip and painted in a reddish-brown slip under a pale-greenish, transparent glaze, in places with yellow
Eastern Iran or Central Asia; 10th century
H: 6; Diam: 21.7 cm
Inventory number 48/1999
The inside of the bowl is covered with a highly stylized fish surrounded by ornamental sections. With its palette of two shades of brown, the bowl imitates polychrome Abbasid lustreware.
The peacock-eye pattern in the yellow ornamental sections and the heart-shaped design are types of decoration that were adopted from Iraqi ceramics.
Other bowls in a related technique and with related motifs have been excavated in Nishapur in a layer that can be dated to the 10th century, but it is uncertain where the bowls were made.
The peacock-eye pattern in the yellow ornamental sections and the heart-shaped design are types of decoration that were adopted from Iraqi ceramics.
Other bowls in a related technique and with related motifs have been excavated in Nishapur in a layer that can be dated to the 10th century, but it is uncertain where the bowls were made.
Published in
Published in
Bonhams, London, 13/10-1999, lot 129;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 119;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 119;
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