A MINIATURE SAMANID SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY DISH WITH INTERLACE DESIGN
EAST PERSIA OR TRANSOXIANA, 10th CENTURY
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Auction: Islamic Art | Lots 1 to 66 | 12 June at 10am
Description
of shallow rounded form, decorated in red, brown and black on a cream ground with a roundel containing interlace pattern, with a series of dots around the edge, the exterior plain
Dimensions
20.3cm (7 7/8in) diameter
Provenance
Bonhams, London, Islamic and Indian Art, 14 October 2004, lot 293.
Private UK Collection.
Footnote
For a bowl with a similar interlace pattern in the Al-Sabbah Collection, see Oliver Watson, Ceramics of Islamic Lands, London, 2004, cat. Gb 7.