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A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL A KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY IRAN, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Of conical form, the central roundel with a figure atop an elephant, the cavetto Around the interior of the upper edge a Persian quatrain (incomplete): ‘O you The central roundel with a procession of three birds by a river with a fish, A Persian benedictory couplet: ’May the Creator of the World protect, The
with a band of brown naskh on a white ground surrounded by a band of kufic who have carried off my heart, show some compassion, I am devoted to you, so surrounded by a band of white naskh, the cavetto with six panels of arabesques owner of this [bowl] wherever he may be.’ [Translation M. Bayani in Pancaroglu
against a floral ground, the rim with white naskh reserved against a dark lustre cooperate with me [in love]. I know that from your beautiful lip I shall [receive] separated by vertical bands of white naskh, the rim with a further band of white 2007, p. 103.];
ground no justice, But …’ naskh, with cobalt-blue marginal lines Part of a further Persian poem (incomplete), undeciphered
8æin. (22.2cm.) diam. [The same quatrain is found on a bowl in the Ashmolean Museum (EA1956.58, 8qin. (21.6cm.) diam. Around the interior of the base a Persian quatrain: ‘Do you know, O my admired
published in Sheila R. Canby, Deniz Beyazit, and Martina Rugiadi, Court and one, why, My two oppressed eyes are full of tears? My eyes draw from the
£20,000-30,000 US$23,000-34,000 Cosmos, New York, 2016. no. 122).] £20,000-30,000 US$23,000-34,000 desire of your lips, Water from the mouth of my pupils.’ [Translation is by M.
€23,000-34,000 €23,000-34,000
Arabic verses: ‘Verily our passion is beyond power, Words fly away carrying Bayani in Pancaroğlu, 2007, p. 105.];
pride of will, A breeze of air from the breath of my soul, I greet you as I great A repetition of the Persian benedictory couplet found around the upper edge of
PROVENANCE: Salma. Indeed, it is said that lasting pledge is my gain, Time goes on and (my) PROVENANCE: the interior wall.
Excavated Awdan Tepe, Gurgan, 1946-7 security is lost.’ Excavated Kashan, 1934. In the bands up the wall of the interior Arabic benedictions: al-izz al-da’im wa’l-
[Translation by Manijeh Bayani in Pancaroglu 2007, p. 104.] iqbal al-za’id, ‘Perpetual glory and increasing prosperity’
INSCRIPTIONS: Part of a further Persian poem (incomplete), undeciphered. INSCRIPTIONS:
Around the centre a Persian quatrain: ‘Last night I asked my heart about its Around the upper edge of the interior wall an Arabic couplet: ‘The good
affairs, My heart said, “Go away, I have broken off my desire for you”, I returned remains no matter how much time passes, And evil is more wicked than you This bowl is a particularly fine and well preserved example of its type. In the
from that broken heart in despair, Until, finally, I saw that it had to be thus.’ A Kashan saucer, decorated with an elephant, was in the Etchecopar could take’ [Translation by Manijeh Bayani in Oya Pancaroğlu, Perpetual Glory. general format of the design, and the relatively unusual addition of the cobalt
Arabic verses (incomplete): ‘Verily our passion is beyond (all) passion, (Our) Collection, now in the Museum of Islamic Art Doha (inv.no.PO.285; published Medieval Islamic Ceramics from the Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, New Haven blue it relates to a bowl that sold in these Rooms, 5 October 2010, lot 15.
resolution was boastful, words flew away in it, A breeze of wind from the Oliver Watson, Persian Lustre Ware, London, 1985, p.99, no.74a, b). That and London, 2007, p. 104.]; That bowl was dated AH 614/1217-18 AD, suggesting a similar date for ours.
breath of my soul, I greet you ...’ example was signed by Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr ibn al-Husayni, and dated A Persian quatrain: ‘Oh, you, whose will it is to hurt me for years and months,
[Translation by Manijeh Bayani in Oya Pancaroğlu, Perpetual Glory. Medieval AH Shawwal AH 611/February 1214 AD. Who are free from me and glad at my anguish, You vowed [not to] break your
Islamic Ceramics from the Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, New Haven and promise again, It is I who have caused this breach.’ [Translation M. Bayani in
London, 2007, p. 104.] Pancaroglu 2007, p. 103.];

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