Nishapur Style Buff Ware Bowl with Figure

20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER

8 1/2 in. (682 grams, 21.5 cm wide).

Formed with a carinated body and ring foot; decorated with green and yellow glazed panels to the external face, the interior displaying a central figure, apparently crowned, flanked by two 'offerants', two peacocks in the field below; heavily restored. [No Reserve]

Provenance

British private collection.
with old label to base: '20 / A. Lane / CATALOUE / NISHAPUR / 10TH C'.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 38.40.290, for a similar bowl.

CONDITION

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LOT 1868