Small turquoise pitcher with black fish - Lot 106

Small turquoise pitcher with black fish Pitcher with bulbous body, beaded neck and handle, in siliceous ceramic painted black under a transparent turquoise glaze. Decorated with fish and a frieze of palmettes on the neck and swirling foliage on the shoulder. Old collection label "6016/14". Condition: restorations, missing parts, large area of repainting on the body and top of the neck, fractured handle. Sold as is. Iran, probably Kashan, early 13th century Height 16 cm; diam. 13 cm. Provenance: - See Oliver Watson, Ceramics of Iran. Islamic Pottery from the Sarikhani Collection, Yale University Press, 2020, cat. 147 p. 294 for a bottle with similar black and turquoise fish decoration. - Estate of Mr. A. (1922 - 2022) Expert : Laure Soustiel ; laure@soustiel.com (+33 6 09 47 27 31)