Lot 5004. A small Iranian fritware bowl, Late 12th - early 13th century. H ca. 8, diameter 18.3 cm. Estimated price €300 - €400. Result: €496. Courtesy Lempertz.

Turquoise glaze with coarse craquelure. A thin-walled, conical vessel with incised rib decor. Restored over breakages, traces of sintering and lustre.

Literature: A similar bowl in the Bumiller Collection, Bamberg, BC-5009; cf. Morgan, in: Grube et alii, Cobalt and Lustre: the First Centuries of Islamic Pottery, London 1994, p. 174, no. 168. 

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