5th Jun, 2024 11:00

Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities

 
  Lot 62
 

62

A SAFAVID GOMBROON POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA, CIRCA 1700

the white interior with convex central boss painted with black stars in a medallion with radiating light cobalt-blue merlon motifs divided by further stars, the cavetto with reciprocal pierced zigzag motifs between two thin bands of single dots, the rim with groups of black dots,
20.8cm. diam.

For a near-identical bowl in the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, see inv. no.946 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gombroon_ware#/media/File:Bowl_with_sun_-_Iran_-_late_17th_or_early_18th_century_-_Gulbenkian_museum_-_Inv._946.jpg)

Sold for £3,200


 

the white interior with convex central boss painted with black stars in a medallion with radiating light cobalt-blue merlon motifs divided by further stars, the cavetto with reciprocal pierced zigzag motifs between two thin bands of single dots, the rim with groups of black dots,
20.8cm. diam.

For a near-identical bowl in the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, see inv. no.946 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gombroon_ware#/media/File:Bowl_with_sun_-_Iran_-_late_17th_or_early_18th_century_-_Gulbenkian_museum_-_Inv._946.jpg)

Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024

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