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ISLAMIC ABBASID POLYCHROME LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL 9TH CENTURY

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
ISLAMIC ABBASID POLYCHROME LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL 9TH CENTURY
A VERY RARE ANCIENT ISLAMIC ABBASID POLYCHROME LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL MESOPOTAMIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY. Of
rounded form with everted rim on short foot,decorated in golden and brown lustre on a white ground, the off-white interior painted in two shades of brown lustre with a central containing
leaf-motifs flanked by four inverted drop-shaped Leaf panels each filled with cross-hatched lines dividing shaped panels containing
roundels, a band of alternately coloured lobes around the rim, the exterior with simple bold splashed motifs & another Four Vegetal motifs Flower shaped, the rim with continuous lobed motif. For a Similar Example
see Christies Arts of Islamic World April 2006 Auction Lot#69 and was sold for 14,400 GBP (Around 25,000 USD then) another example bonhams islamic art oct 2008 lot 81 (sold 18,000 GBP)