COUPE EN CÉRAMIQUE À DÉCOR « GRAIN DE RIZ » IRAN,... Lot n° 118

IRAN, SELJUKI ART, 12th-early 13th CENTURY A very thin-walled truncated cone-shaped bowl, on a heel, made of siliceous ceramic with an openwork frieze of braided ribbon encircling the wall, covered with a colourless glaze, forming a so-called "grain of rice" decoration. A "GRAIN OF RICE" GLAZED WHITE MONOCHROME POTTERY FOOTED BOWL, PERSIA, SELJUK, 12TH/EARLY 13TH CENTURY. H: 6.5 cm - Ø: 15.5 cm Private collection, Paris Rive Gauche, early 1980s. Exhibition catalogue: CERAMICS FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD 8TH - 18TH CENTURY, Münich, 4-28 April 1989, beim Herausgeber, 1989, p. 60, cat. 14. A very thin-walled, truncated cone-shaped bowl on a heel, made of siliceous ceramic with an openwork decoration of a frieze of braided ribbon encircling the wall, covered with a colourless glaze, forming a so-called 'grain of rice' decoration. A "GRAIN OF RICE" GLAZED WHITE MONOCHROME POTTERY FOOTED BOWL, PERSIA, SELJUK, 12TH/EARLY 13TH CENTURY. Expert : L.S. Unbroken, very shiny glaze, some stains on the glaze, especially in the cracks in the center, and on the rim, a crack and small chips on the rim