A Kashan lustre pottery jug Persia, 12th/ 13th Century


of bulbous form on a splayed foot with flaring rim and strap handle, decorated in a brownish gold lustre with a band of inscriptions to the neck, below a band of roundels interspersed by vegetal interlace, the lower body with an arcade filled with foliate sprays, the handle with inscriptions, the interior glazed in cobalt-blue 16 cm. high
|ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Inscriptions: repeat of the word al-birr, 'Piety'.