AN AGHKAND SGRAFFIATO POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA, 12TH-13TH CENTURY |

of deep rounded form with straight edges on a short foot, the body with a cream slip-ground decorated with iron brown and copper green splashed glazes, incised drawings, featuring a simurgh amidst foliage, the cavetto with bands containing stylised details, the back left plain, old collects or's labels, handwritten 'no.1447' and '6' and printed 'no. 101' and a further faded  

Broken and restored with associated repainting, with minor chips and fritting to the rim, some craquelure, as viewed.
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For a related example in the Al-Sabah collects ion, Kuwait, and a discussion of this rare type of Persian ceramics, see Watson 2004, pp.252 and 265. Another similar model was sold in these rooms, 6 October 2010, lot 163.