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Lot 656 Dα

An Iranian fritware bowl with ducks

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.736 € (incl. premium)

An Iranian fritware bowl with ducks

Quarz frit bowl with relief slip and black ground beneath a mottled transparent green glaze. Deep rounded bowl with duck decor. Restored, with rim chips. D 20, H 9.4 cm.
Possibly Sultanabad, 14th C.

Provenance

The Monheim Collection, Aachen.
According to the family, a gift from Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the 1970s.

Literature

Cf. this decor in: Pope/Ackerman, A Survey of Persian Art, Vol. X, Pottery and Faience, Teheran-London-Tokyo, Reprint 1964, pl. 779.