Western Asiatic Cobalt-Blue Footed Ceramic Bowl

9TH CENTURY A.D.

7 1/4 in. (498 grams, 18.5 cm).

With a carinated sidewall, rolled and everted rim, shallow foot, partial lustre-glaze to the surface with four trapezoidal panels: two with a reserved regardant bird and two with a tracery motif; restored.

Provenance

Private collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1982.
Private collection, UK.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12724-235155.

Published

Masterpieces of Lustre-Painted Pottery: Persian Ceramics from Distant Lands (ラスタ―彩名陶展), The Asahi Shimbun Company, 1982, no. I-32, illustrated.

Exhibited:
Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo, 20–25 May 1982.
Maruei Sky Building, Nagoya, 29 May–3 June 1982.
Takashimaya, Osaka, 10–15 June 1982.
Takashimaya, Okayama, 17–22 June 1982.

CONDITION

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Published and Exhibited on Tour in Japan, 1982

LOT 0234