Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Islamic & Indian Art ft. Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | 12345
Auction: Islamic Art | Lots 1 to 66 | 12 June at 10am
of squat form, with a band of inscription-filled-cusped-cartouches alternating with cusped roundels, against a spiralling ground
14cm (5 ½in) high, 26cm (10 ¼in) diameter
Note:
In the cartouches a poem attributed to the poet Juban al-Qawwas (d.circa 1281-82): 'A beloved whose saliva quenches the lover, a gulp, delightful to kiss, not obstructive, the lips touch all sides of it, and what is special about it, it is a [place with no place]’.