Minaï" bowl with quadripartite decoration - Lot 111

Minaï" bowl with quadripartite decoration Flared siliceous ceramic bowl with low-fire "minaï" decoration, featuring four roundels separated by trees. Epigraphic pseudo-frieze on reverse. Old label "1303" glued to the heel. Condition: restorations, numerous fractures and small repaints. Sold as is. Iran, Kashan, second half 12th century Height 7 cm; Diameter: 19 cm Provenance: - This bowl is characteristic of "minai" ceramics, with its seated figures in roundels and illegible inscription on the reverse. See Oliver Watson, Ceramics of Iran. Islamic Pottery from the Sarikhani Collection, Yale University Press, 2020, cat. 139 p. 282 for a very similar bowl - Estate of Mr. A. (1922 - 2022) Expert : Laure Soustiel ; laure@soustiel.com (+33 6 09 47 27 31)