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20 octobre 2018

A Safavid cobalt and lustre-painted pottery bottle vase, Persia, late 17th-early 18th century

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Lot 135. A Safavid cobalt and lustre-painted pottery bottle vase, Persia, late 17th-early 18th century; 25cm. heightEstimate £4,000 - £6,000. © Sotheby's.

compressed body with flared mouth, turquoise glaze, the shoulder decorated with three groups of three protruding roundels, one roundel on its own.

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Dikran Khan Kelekian (1865-1951), New York and Paris 

Literature: Dikran Khan Kelekian, The Potteries of Persia, being a Brief History of the Art of Ceramics in the Near East, Paris, 1909, fig.22, p.26

Note: The shape and decoration of this bottle vase, with alternating blue and lustre bands, is comparable to an example in the Louvre Museum, Paris, inv. no.OA 6122. 

Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World, London, 24 oct. 2018, 10:30 AM

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