Lot 5027. An octagonal Iranian fritware bowl, 12th century. Diameter 18.1 cm. Estimated price €400 - €600. Result: €397. Courtesy Lempertz.

Cobalt blue glaze with craquelure. A moulded vessel decorated with five panels showing two facing horsemen holding a ring alternating with sphinges. Restored and glued over breakages, a small breakage to the rim due to a weak older restoration.

Literature: A similar example is kept in the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, inv. no. I. 1600.

Bowl, Iran, 13th century. Quartz frit, model decorated with transparent cobalt blue glaze. Height: 14.6 cm. Museum of Islamic Art, inv. no. I. 1600. © Photo: Museum of Islamic Art of the Berlin State Museums - Prussian Cultural Heritage Photographer: Johannes Kramer

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