Lot 5022. A narrow-necked Iranian fritware flask, 12th century. H 31 cm. Estimated price €1.500 - €2.000. Result: €2.976. Courtesy Lempertz.

Cobalt blue glaze with fine craquelure. A modelled gourd-form bottle with a flared cup-mouth on a high footring. Relief inscription with blessings to the shoulder: "baraka [...] sa'ada wa-salama [...]" = "blessing [...] luck and salvation [...]". Restored over breakages, with additions.

Literature: Cf. Morgan, in: Grube et alii, Cobalt and Lustre: the First Centuries of Islamic Pottery, London 1994, p. 171, no. 161-162. 

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