Kashan Lustre-Painted Bowl - LO.704, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 2.75" (7.0cm) high x 7.125" (18.1cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Seljuk, Medium: Fritware. Deep bowl with straight flaring sides on a low foot-ring, the interior painted in lustre with four male figures in medallions radiating from the cavetto, the rim with pseudo-Kufic inscriptions, below it a narrow concentric band painted in cobalt blue, as the lobed border of the main central scene. In the centre an abstract motif outlined in cobalt blue and filled in with splashes of turquoise and manganese. Similar splashed dots at the four quarters on the rim. The exterior with horizontal panels of foliate abstract lines in red,few splashed dots in turquoise blue.

Antiquities
Ancient Near East