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LOT 1283
Western Asiatic Decorated Dish with Animal Feet
12TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (1.15 kg, 18 cm diameter).
With low sidewall and flat everted rim, three radiating feet to the underside, each a quadruped with lowered head; sidewall with band of low-relief roundels each containing a perching bird in profile; rim with knotwork and guilloche panels interrupted by roundels; inner face of the bowl with low-relief band of roundels containing profile birds, hounds and other animals, surrounding a scene depicting a huntsman on horseback with billowing cape, a hound running beside the horse's legs and a bird perching above the horse's head, second hound crouching above the horse's rump.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Property of a London gentleman.
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LOT 1283
Western Asiatic Decorated Dish with Animal Feet
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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