Lot 5026. A large Iranian fritware bowl, 12th - 13th century. H ca. 14, diameter 21.5 cm. Estimated price €400 - €600. Result: €1.116. Courtesy Lempertz.

Cobalt blue glaze with dense craquelure. A deep, rounded bowl on a high footring. The exterior divided by ridges of braided ornament into five panels with incised decor. Restored over breakages, traces of sintering.

Literature: Cf. Grube, Islamic Pottery of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London 1976, p. 165, no. 112.

Lempertz. Asian Art II China, Tibetan/Nepalese Art, 18.06.2017, 10:30, Brussels