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LOT 0286
Kashan Turquoise Glazed Bowl
13TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (203 grams, 15.3 cm wide).
Glazed hemispherical bowl with deep basal ring, painted scroll and dot decoration to the inner face, punched decoration to the outer face, old inked label 'XIII cnt, 750'; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private family collection of Ersula Barter-Hemmerich, the longest serving member of staff working at the United Nations, her private collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s; thence by descent to her grandson.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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