Lot 5011. An Iranian fritware jug, Presumably 13th - 14th century. H 31.5 cm. Estimated price €400 - €600. Result: €1.364. Courtesy Lempertz.

Turquoise glaze with fine craquelure. The egg-shaped corpus with wide neck, flared rim, and four attached handles with small thumbrests on a slightly flared foot. The shoulders decorated with an incised band bearing a pseudo inscription. Restored over breakages with some filler used in the place of losses.

Literature: A similar piece in the Museum für Islamische Kunst Berlin, inv. no. I. 3831. 

Pot, Iran, 13th century. Quartz frit, decorated and ribbed under transparent turquoise glaze. Height: 27 cm. Museum of Islamic Art, inv. no. I. 3831 © Photo:  Museum of Islamic Art of the Berlin State Museums - Prussian Cultural Heritage

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