A Timurid 'double-scroll geometric' pottery bowl, Nishapur, late 15th century
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the bulbous body with blue and brown underglaze painting on a white ground, on short straight unglazed foot, with raised rim, the exterior with three bands of decoration, the upper band with brown scrolls, the central band with blue and brown geometric pattern incorporating eight-pointed stars, the lower band with brown ‘lotus panels’, the interior with small geometric pattern
23.5 cm. diam.; 15.6 cm. height
The present bowl belongs to a small subgroup of wares attributable to Nishapur based on two representative examples, one of which is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no.36.20.4) and was excavated at Nishapur in 1935, whilst the second is in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (inv. no.VG.787), and has a Nishapur petrofabric (Golombek et al. 1996, pp.203-4). These wares are characterised by an aversion to plant or animal motifs, instead opting for geometric patterns in which fields are filled with cross-hatching or scale-filling.
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