An Iranian fritware jug - image-1

Lot 5009 Dα

An Iranian fritware jug

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 10:30 - Oriental Works of Art from Belgian Collections
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 992 € (incl. premium)

An Iranian fritware jug

Turquoise glaze with craquelure. Modelled and subsequently constructed vessel on a low footring. The pierced handle with a thumbrest formed as a pomegranate. The shoulder decorated with a hunting scene surrounded by tendrils in relief. Restored breakages. H 26 cm.
Late 12th - 13th C.

Literature

Similar examples in: Watson, Ceramics from Islamic lands, London-Kuwait 2004, p. 315, no. cat. L. 12; Morgan, in: Grube et alii, Cobalt and Lustre: the First Centuries of Islamic Pottery, London 1994, p. 155, no. 150.