Mashad or Nishapur Timurid Bowl
second half of the fifteenth century.
Arts of the Islamic World
SALE L06222 LOT 125
SESSION 1 | 11 Oct 06 12:00 AM.
London, New Bond Street
A FINE AND RARE TIMURID POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA, SECOND
HALF 15TH CENTURY
4,000—6,000 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 7,200
GBP
MEASUREMENTS
measurements note
22cm. diam.
DESCRIPTION
of hemispherical form on a short foot, decorated in
under glaze black under a transparent turquoise glaze
with a central medallion enclosing a floral spray and
five further floral sprays in ogee panels in the
cavetto reserved on a black ground incised with
scrolls, the back with stiff petal panels filled with
scrolls
CATALOGUE NOTE
This rare piece belongs to a group of Timurid pottery
produced in the second half of the fifteenth century.
The group has been attributed to the
Caucasus/north-west Persia by Jenkins (considered an
early type of "Kubachi ware", Jenkins 1983,
p.41) or Khurasan, either Mashhad or Nishapur, by
Grube and Golombek (see Venice 1993, p.354; and
Golombek, Mason and Bailey 1996, p.210).
This particular piece stands out from the group for
its very fine potting reminiscent of Kashan wares of
an earlier date. A closely comparable bowl is in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (see, Lane 1947,
Pl.20B; Jenkins 1983, no. 41, pp.36-7, and Soustiel
1985, no. 236, p.211). Some pieces in the group are
dated, with dates ranging from 1468-9 to 1495 (see,
Pope and Ackermann 1939, vol.V, pl.786A and 786B;
Jenkins 1983, p.41; Golombek, Mason and Bailey 1996,
pp.209-210); a dish in the Museo Nazionale d'Arte
Orientale, Rome, has a date of 873 H /1468-9 (Lane
1947, Pl.20A; Venice 1992, p.354; Golombek et al
1996, p.210).
JBOC: Compare to A
Kashan Lustre Pottery Bowl C 1200 Lot 85 Apr 06
While the Kashan
Lustre Pottery Bowl is substantially older the
similarities are interesting.
