Kashan

Lot 116. A Kashan lustre painted star-shaped tile with rabbits, early 14th century. Dim. : 20,8 x 19,7 cm. Estimation 600 - 800 €. © Artcurial Carreau de revêtement en forme d'étoile octogonale, décoré en lustre métallique brun sur glaçure opaque blanche de deux lapins parmi les fleurs. Bordure d'inscriptions naskhi en réserve sur fond bleu. Fractures et glaçure restaurées, repeints.  Provenance : Collection privée italienne  Artcurial. Vente Archéologie Arts... [Lire la suite]

Lot 115. A Kashan lustre painted star-shaped tile with a rosace, early 14th century. Dim. : 20,8 x 21,2 cm. Estimation 600 - 800 €. © Artcurial Carreau de revêtement en forme d'étoile octogonale, décoré en lustre métallique brun sur glaçure opaque blanche d'une rosace. Bordure d'inscriptions naskhi en réserve sur fond bleu. Fractures et glaçure restaurées, repeints.  Provenance : Collection privée italienne  Artcurial. Vente Archéologie Arts d’Orient & Art... [Lire la suite]

Lot 114. A Kashan lustre painted star-shaped tile with a simurgh, 14th century. Dim. : 19,3 x 20 cm. Estimation 2 000 - 3 000 €. © Artcurial Carreau de revêtement en forme d'étoile octogonale, moulé et décoré en lustre métallique brun sur glaçure opaque blanche et rehauts de bleu et turquoise d'un simurgh stylisé parmi les feuillages et une fleur de lotus. Fracture transversale et glaçure restaurées, quelques repeints. Provenance : Collection privée italienne  Artcurial. Vente Archéologie... [Lire la suite]

Bowl, Iran, Kashan, 14th century. Fritware, underglaze-painted in black, blue and turquoise, 4 x 8 1/2 in. (10.16 x 21.59 cm). Gift of Mr. Joseph M. Upton (55.66.2) © LACMA

Lot 173. A Kashan lustre pottery star tile, Persia 13th-14th Century; 21.2 cm diameter. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000. Sold for £ 4,375 (€ 4,988). © Bonhams 2001-2018 of eight-pointed stellar form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise and brownish gold lustre on a cream ground with a central octagonal panel containing a lotus flower surrounded by a band of circle motifs, the corners with vegetal motifs, the border with a band of inscription. Inscriptions: couplets from the beginning of the story of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 172. A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery cockerel head ewer, Persia, early 13th Century; 26.8 cm. high. Estimate £6,000 - 8,000. Sold for £ 6,875 (€ 7,839). © Bonhams 2001-2018 of piriform on a short splayed foot with strap handle, the waisted neck terminating in a cockerel head, decorated underglaze in cobalt blue and black on a white ground with a series of alternating panels containing hatched decoration, circle motifs and undulating vines, the head with vegetal interlace. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 167. A Kashan lustre pottery dish, Persia, 13th Century; 31.8 cm. diam. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000. Sold for £ 3,375 (€ 3,848). © Bonhams 2001-2018 of shallow form with flaring rim on a splayed foot, decorated in a brownish gold lustre with a central roundel containing a fox on a riverbank beneath a tree surrounded by a band of inscriptions interspersed by foliate motifs and a further band containing radiating panels of abstract vegetal motifs, the rim with a band of inscription, the exterior with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 119. A Kashan bird-headed pottery ewer, Persia, early 13th century; 29cm. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 GBP. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. of elongated baluster form, the body narrowing to a neck with flaring mouth in the form of a rooster's head with black details for eyes and crown, with curved, feather-like handle, the body decorated with bulbous drop form designs, each containing black tendrils. Note: This bird-headed ewer is of a rare form which perhaps finds its genesis in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 125. A large Kashan lustre pottery frieze tile, Iran, circa 1300. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot sold 16,100 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. of square form moulded in relief with an opacified tin glaze enhanced with copper green and cobalt blue over-decorated in lustre with a monumental inscription in naskh against a ground of leaves and scrolls, raised arabesque border above, a minor band below; 38 by 35cm. Inscription : Parts of an inscription in Persian: be-goftar-e... [Lire la suite]

Lot 124. A large Kashan lustre pottery frieze tile, Iran, circa 1300. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot sold 16,100 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. of square form moulded in relief with an opacified tin glaze enhanced with copper green and cobalt blue over-decorated in lustre with a monumental inscription in naskh against a ground of leaves and scrolls, raised arabesque border above, a minor band below; 36.3 by 33.5cm. Inscription : Parts of an inscription in Persian: javab... [Lire la suite]