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A MINA'I BOWL FRAGMENT
CENTRAL IRAN, CIRCA 1200
Pottery fragment with a depiction of a rider on
horseback, mounted within clear perspex bowl
Fragment 6 x 5æin. (15 x 14cm.)
£5,000-7,000 US$7,100-9,800
€5,800-8,100
PROVENANCE:
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, USA,
Christie’s Interiors, New York, 31 August-1
September 2010, lot 464
Please note this lot has an OFAC licence.

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A KASHAN TURQUOISE-BLUE GLAZED
POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL IRAN, 12TH CENTURY
The interior decorated with radiating split-
palmettes, a band of a calligraphy below the
rim, the exterior with large waterweed motifs
contained within double blue lines
8in. (20.3cm.) diam.
£7,000-10,000 US$9,900-14,000
€8,100-12,000
PROVENANCE:
Formerly from the Estate of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr.
(1919-2010), Chicago, USA, originally acquired in
the 1950’s/1960’s
Sold at Sale 152, Property from the Estate of Dr.
Paul J. Vignos Jr., Leslie Hindman, Chicago, 6th-
8th November 2011, lot 582, to current owner

INSCRIPTIONS:
Inscribed with Persian verses including repetitions
of a quatrain and a benedictory couplet.
Please note this lot has an OFAC license.
A thermoluminescence test performed by
Re.S.Artes on 09.09.2013, ref. C241512A-4
supports the proposed dating.

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