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


of bulbous slightly sagged form with flattened shoulder on a splayed foot with cylindrical neck and flaring rim, filter to top and strap handle, decorated in a brownish lustre with bands of inscriptions to the lower body and handle, foliate motifs to the shoulder, a series of hexagonal panels to the neck filled with rosettes, the interstices with vegetal interlace 16 cm. high
|ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Inscriptions: repeat of al-'izz, 'Glory'.