An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Rare Old Persian Pottery

7/28/2019 An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Rare Old Persian Pottery

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No. 15

LARGE PLAQUE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured, witha soft semi-translucent white ground. The decoration includescobalt-blue and manganese (lilac tint) painting under a perfect glazing.

The panel displays a floral motif, together with a crane,and is framed by an inner border of narrow fret and foliage forming an octagon.

The outer border shows arabesque foliage and stemsin blue, together with large ftowering blo880ms in a manganese (lilac) tone. It a reverse side is glazed in pale clairde lume, a monochlome colour of even quality.This interesting example may be ascribed to the

Diameter, 18% inches. XVIIth century.

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GROUP IV . W I T H B L U E DECORATION

No. 16

LO W J A R. Globular shape.Persian silict:Ous glazed pottery. Paste massive, close-tex

tured and well baked; showing a pale white ground of semitranslucency, decorated in dark cobalt blue, with dark brownoutlines under the mellowed siliceous glaze.

The painting comprises a series of foliated and verticalpanels, invested with scaled diaper forms and flower motifsalternately. The shoulders and neck display separate bor-

ders in diapered leafage designs. .The glazed surface and body have darkened from great

age and usage ; or probably was caused by being underground for a considerable period. . Attributed to the

Height, 8 inches. XVth or XVIth century.Diameter, 18 inches:

No. 17

WAT E R VASE (Narghil i). Low, globular shape,with raised nozzle, and chased metal neck mounting.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste hard-textured and

well baked; presenting a soft, semi-translucent white surfacewhich has turned to a mellow brownish tone from age and usage.

The dark cobalt -blue decoration shows green-tingedoutlines under the heavy vitreous glazing, and includes ascrolled and flowered motif over the main surface. Th eshoulder carries a floral-brocaded border, together with a

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small scalloped or leafage edging. The foot bears an oldPersian mark.

This interesting specimen is ascribable to theHeight, 7 inches. XVIth century.Diameter, 6% inches.

No. 18

LARGE BOWL. Deep shape.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine and thin, with

translucent white body; sustaining a brilliant cobalt blue decoration under a perfect glazing.

The exterior presents a series of six panels, with treesand rocks, which are vigorously rendered in deep shades ofpellucid cobalt. The narrow vertical sections between thesepanels are simply finished with dots and squares.

The interior shows a similar bordering of panels, withrocks and trees, and the centre medallion includes a bird.The outer edge is in small alternating ogee.

Height, 6 inches. XVIIth century.Diameter, 11 % inches.

No. 19

PLAQUE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured andwell baked, with a semi-translucent white ground, showing thedecoration in cobalt blue under a perfect glazing.

The centre presents a floral and arabesque panel, and

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the wide border is divided into radial scalloped panels enclosing ftoral painting in formal design.It s reverse side is finished simply with a ftoral bordering

in blue. XVITth century.Diameter, 1 ! inches.

No. tO

LARGE PLAQUE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. P a s t ~fine-textured an dwell baked, showing a semi-translucent white ground, togetherwith a cobalt blue decoration of brilliant quality under the glaze.

The painting presents an octagonal-shaped inner border, with ftoral and fretted detail, enclosing a series offree ftowering blossoms with rurved stems, surrounding thecentral foliated rosette. Th e outer border is composed torepresent some ideal garden spot, ftowering plants and longstreaked cloud forms finish the symbol motive. Its reverse side is simply decorated with ftoral sprays in blue.A notable example of the XVIIth century.

Diameter, 18 inches.

No. 11

LARGE PLAQUE.Persian siliceous glazed pottery . Pas te tine-textured, show

in g a semi-translucent white body colour, invested with cobaltblue decoration under the brilliant glaze.

Th e intricate design, involving ancient (Persian) symbolic combinations, includes a ftowered palmette motif withscrolled leafage and other ornaments, formally posedagainst the ftoral embellished ground painting of the field.

Th e wide border or belt (with an open end) displays

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ftoral masses and scrolled foliage. The reverse border isfinished by a series of clustered blossoms.

Diameter, 19% inches. XVIIth century.

No. I I

LARGE JAR. Ovoid shape.Persian siliceous glazed pot tery. Massive paste of dense

quality an d dark colour, covered with a deep semi-translucentand mellowed white body glazing, that shows a brownish unetuous texture from age and usage.

A vigorously freely rendered landscape, with templesand bridges in cobalt blue, is presented, under the heavyvitreous glazing, ending near the base, which is in browntoned biscuit (unglazed), as is the foot.

This interesting example has some evidence _of a formeruse for oils, and probably also was under the earth fo r along period. Ascribable to the XVIth century.

Height, 9 inches.Diameter, 8 inches.

No. 18LARGE JAR. Oviform.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste dense and massive,showing a semi-translucent white ground colour and crackleglaze.

Th e quasi-archaic decoration is outlined in (grilaille)dark gray, and filled in with cobalt blue O t U cou:oerte.

The design consists in the main of bordering, includingthe lower section, which depicts lions, deer and smaller animals. Th e neck sustains a curious and more archaic ren-

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dering of animals, together with floral or foliage ornaments.An intermediate band or belt is finished with a lattice diaper

ing. Th e base, being but partly covered by the runningsiliceous glaz ing, shows the biscuit body darkened from age.

Height, 18%, inches. XVIth century.Diameter, 9% inches.

No. !4t

LARGE BOTTLE. Ovoid shape, with four handlesand bulbous ringed neck.Persian siliceous glazed pot tery. Paste dense and well

baked, with white semi-translucent plumbeous surface, showinga pellucid cobalt blue decoration under the silica-alkaline glaze.

Th e painting comprehends blue bordering, with petaland leaf age brocading in lighter blue, including also awhite reserved " zigzagged " ribbon motif (o r chevronedbelting), bearing old Persian (Pahlavic) inscriptions insoft-toned black outline. Th e bulbous bordering at neckis decorated with simple floral buds, and the lower sectionshows a blended white glaze running into masses at thefoot in vitreous celadon quality.Rare old Persian form, ascribable to the

Height, 16 inches. XVIIth century.Diameter, 8 inches.

No. tlS

LARGE BOTTLE. Gourd fonn, with four handles.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste grayish toned an d

well baked, presenting a semi-translucent white ground, to

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The decoration shows a free floral motif, which is uniformly dispersed over the surface, involving small palmette

buds and foliage, carefully rendered in brownish outlines,that have turned green where touched over by the cobaltpigment after firing.

The baae shows the vitreous glaze running into celadonmasses a t the foot.A purely Persian type, ascribable to the

Height, 16 inches. XVIIth century.Diameter, "' inches.

No. !6

LARGE PLAQUE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured andwell baked, showing a semi-translucent white ground, with deco-ration in cobalt blue under a brilliant second glazing.

The entire surf ace (including border and panel) isuniformly covered with a small and delicate rinceau.1: motif,involving floral blossoms and arabesque forms in blue.

It s reverse side shows a flowered border, and bears amark, also in blue. Ascribed to the XVIIth century.

Diameter,liS

inches.

No.!" '

LARGE PLAQUE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine, massive andwell baked. The white semi-translucent surface sustains a co-balt-blue decoration of characteristic quality under the brilliantsilico-glass glaze, showing the outlines of design in soft-tonedblack.

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ures, trees and birds, and includes an inner border showingfloral and scalloped forms. The wide outer border is fin-

ished with hollow fluting ( khoocre1) under the soft whiteplumbeous glazing.

The reverse border is simply painted in blue arabesques,and shows a vitreous overglazing. Ascribed to the

Diameter, 18 inches. XVIIth century.

No. IS

SMALL PLAQUE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Pastefine

and hard-textured, with semi-translucent (plumbeous) white surface approaching porcelain, and agreeably sustaining the cobalt-bluepainting under the silico-alkaline, or glass glazing .

The panel is centred by a flowered rosette and freelydispersed foliage. Th e border shows floral arabesques in informal rendering; outlined in soft-toned black and touchedover with cobalt blue.

The reverse border is decorated with simple floral andpetal forms in blue, and the foot bears a mark in the samecolour. Ascribable to the


No. t9

SMALL PLAQUE.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine and hard-tex

tured; its semi-translucent white plumbeous surface, approaching porcelain, agreeably sustaining the cobalt-blue decorationunder the perfect silico-glass glaze.

Th epanel displays lotus

flowersand leafage, sur-

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rounded by a narrow brocaded inner border or framing inhexagonal form. The outer border is divided into a seriesof radial panels, involving formally posed flowers, all carefully outlined and filled out with blue and the edge is scalloped in ogee form.

The reverse border shows free floral sprays also in blueand under the glaze, and the foot bears a small mark.


No. 80

SMALL BOWL.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured and

well fired, coated with a stratum of plumbeous white composition and approaching porcelain, together with cobalt-blue decoration under the silico-alkaline glaze.

The interior shows fine painting, involving floral blossoms and foliage, together with a small border at the rim.The exterior is invested with a rich lapis-lazuli blue mono-chrome glaze of brilliant quality.

Height,!%, inches. XVIIth century.

Diameter, 5%, inches.

No. 81

SPICE BOWL, with nine compartments.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste light bufF-coloured

and well baked, showing a heavy semi-translucent ivory-whitesurface colour, with the cobalt-blue embellishment outlined insoft black under the glaze.

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hatching in varied and isolated form, and the exterior isbordered with a flowered fret design in brown and blue.

Height,1 %

inches.XVIIth

century.Diameter, 6 inches.

No. 81

SMALL DISH.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured andkaolinic substance; showing a white semi-translucent body withthe decoration in cobalt blue displayed on the centre panel alone

under a perfect glaze.The painting includes a comer of a terrace, and theaccessories show a vase ftlled with flowers.

The outer border and back are alike in pure translucentwhite, showing slightly raised and very delicately impressedlancet t'onns; with the outer edge in alternating forms ofogee. XVIIth century.

Diameter, 5 % inches.

No. 88PLATE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured andwell baked, showing a kaolinic substance and semi-translucentwhite ground of much brilliancy.

The cobalt-blue d e c o ~ a t i o ndisplayed on the panel includes birds and flowers, together with a geometricaJ (hexagonal) bordering formed by diapered fretting and lanceolated emblems which occupy the comers.

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impressed ornamentation in the paste. It s reverse side issimilarly moulded and left white; the edge of this plate is

scalloped in alternating ogee. XVIIth century.Diameter, 7 inches.

No. 841

DISH. Oblong hexagon shape.Persian siliceous glazed pottery . Paste fine-textured and

well baked, with semi-translucent white surface sustaining acobalt blue painting under the siliceous glazing.

The panel shows numerous animals resembling deer,dogs and rabbits curiously conventionalized and posedamong scrolled vines and plants. The border decorationincludes scrolled and flowered arabesques.

It s reverse side is finished . in simple arabesque scrolls,and also bean a lozenge-shaped mark. Ascribable to the

Size, 8 inches by 6 inches. XVIIth century.

No. 86

SMALL DISH. Octagonal shape.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste ~ - t e x t u r e dand

with kaolinic substance, approaching porcelain in its white semi-translucent quality.

Decorated in cobalt blue, with floral vines in free rendering under the siliceous glaze. The reverse border is fin-ished with simple radial outlining also in blue. An unusualexample. Attributed to the XVIIth century.

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No. 86

PLATE.

Penian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste thin and hard-textured, sustaining a semi-translucent kaolinic white surface; approaching porcelain in its quality and glazing over the cobaltblue painting.

The panel presents floral plants growing amid openrockeries, and the rim shows a narrow scrolled arabesquebordering. The reverse border is in monochrome cafl Zait glaze

. Diameter, 6% inches. XVllth century.

No. 87

PLATE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Pas te thin and hard-textured, sustaining a white semi-translucent surface, together withdark cobalt decoration under the silico-glass glaze.

The painting presents a simple floral motif and a bordering of blossoms formally posed amid a ground of Cro&8

hatching in blue. Ascribed to theXVIll th

century.Diameter, 6 inches.

No. 88

TALL E W E R (Golibpish). Spout, tip and handle o f metal.Penian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste bufF tone, highly

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With soft black (grilaUle) decoration, covering allsurfaces uniformly in vertical arabesque and floral design,

finishing at the neck and surrounding a raised centralgadroon-like panel that is similarly decorated in black, suggesting a landscape in simple cross hatching, with plantsand rocks.

The spout, with its scaly and stippled ornamentation,is separately glazed in blended half-tones of light greenand gray.An interesting and ancient shape. Ascribable to the

Height, 17 % inches. XVIth or XVIIth century.Width, 9 inches by 7 inches.

( IUultraud)

No. 89

GRAND JAR. Ovoid fonn, with small neck.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste dense, massive andwell baked. A deep semi-translucent grayish-white ground

colour carries an exceptional brocaded and flowered diaper design in grilaille rendering, that uniformly covers the entire surface, under the mello"!ed coating of siliceous glaze.

The unglazed foot shows the biscuit body darkenedby age.This large and characteristic example, showing an early and

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No. 410

SMALL VASE.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste close-textured and

well baked, showing a semi-translucent white ground colour withpale cobalt-blue decoration under the glaze.

The painting shows a ftoral and palmette motif dia-posed amid the vermiculated diapered ground pattern.

Height, 41 inches. XVll l th century.Diameter, 8% inches.

No. 411

BOWL.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured and

thin, showing a semi-translucent white surface colour, togetherwith the painted embellishment in dark gray-blue.

The interior presents an arabesque border at the rimand a petal rosetted centre. The exterior decoration includes a series of vertical panels, with ftoral and featheredforms, and a rim border with scrolled design.

Height, 8% inches. XVIIth to XVIllth century.Diameter, 7% inches.

No. 41!

SMALL FLAT BOTTLE. Pilgrim shape, withsmall handles.

Paste dense and light butF-toned, sustaining a semi-translucent white texture, with cobalt-blue painting under the glaze.

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Each of the two sides shows a small foliated medallion,supported by wreaths, and the narrow sides are invested

with small ftoral buds. Attnbuted to theHeight, IS inches. XVillth century.Diameter, 41 inches b y ! inches .

No . 418

SMALL VASE, with hexagonal body.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery . Paste dense and bufftoned, sustaining a white semi-translucent surface under theheavy running and vitreous glaze, which also covers the"splashed" and blended blue decorative effecta on the severalsmall side panels and shoulders.Height, 41 inches. XVllith century.Diameter, 82 inches.

No. 4141

SQUARE BOTTLE, tapering toward the neck.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste buff-toned and wellbaked. Coated with a plumbeous substance, ita semi-translucent white texture shows brilliant under the glaze, in combina-tion with the " splashed " and blended blue painting; shows onthe four sides alike in ftoral and foliage clustering. Attributedto the x v m t h century.Height, 10 inches .Diameter, 8%, inches.


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No. 4dS

PLATE.

Pers ian siliceous glazed pottery. :Paste thin and wellbaked, sustaining a semi-translucent white surface, togetherwith the gray-blue painting under the glaze.

The decoration presents two small fragmentary landscape groups, together with crossed hatching and largeleafage, outlined in toned black and tilled out with a mixture of cobalt and some oxide, mafcing the half-toned etFectpossible with over-firing.

Th e reverse side shows simple petalled outlines in blue

under a light-tinted celadon glaze.Diameter, 6% inches. XVffi th century.

No. 46

PLATE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste dense and wellbaked, showing a semi-translucent white body colour, together

with gray-blue painting under the silico-glass glaze.The panel comprehends a small ftoral rosette enclosed

by dotted rings and a small scrolled arabesque inner border. The rim border shows small radial panels bearingsymbols and scrolled ornaments.It s reverse side is finished by a ftowered and panelled bor

dering outlined in pale blue. Attr ibuted to theDiameter, 7 inches. XVIIIth century.

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PLATE.

Persian siliceOus glazed pottery. Pas te dense and fine-textured, sustaining a semi-translucent white surface, together withcobalt-blue decoration under the silico-glass glazing.

Th e centre shows a ftowered rosette surrounded bysimple _bands, and the rim border is invested with ftoral andsymbol ornaments, which are posed on the panels and between the radial dividing linea.Th e reverse border is finished with simple foliations and

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GROUP V. W I T H BLUE DECORATION

(In part inspired by Chinese models)

No. 48

JAR. Oviform, with chased and open metal cover.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste dense and well

baked. A soft, white semi-translucent surface is sustained, together with decoration in cobalt blue under the pellucid glaze.

The painting comprehends a foliated bordering at theshoulder, involving ftoral and arabesque brocading, followed below

by a series of small and formally posed bluemedallions, showing a nude child amid white reserved blossoms (symbolic). The base is finished by a palmation border, together with a narrow scrolled band.The foot shows a blue mark (quasi-Chinese).A fine example, ascribable to the

Height, IS inches. XVIth or XVIIth century.Diameter, 9 inches.

( IUu.llrated)

No. 49

LARGE FLOWER VASE. Oviform, with fivesmall supplementary necks opening from shoulder.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste dense-textured and

well baked, sustaining a soft white and translucent surface,together with cobalt-blue painting under the silico-alkalineglazing.

The main section presents a series of small blue medallions, on which the figure of a nude child appears in white

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reserve surrounded with blossoms.10 The remaining field(above and below these medallions) shows emblematic fungi

heads. The shoulder is filled in between the necks by smallfan-shaped panels, invested with storks and scrolled ornaments, and the central neck shows hanging tassel forms.

Th e base is finished by a double bordering in scrollsand palmette detaiL The foot bears a seal mark in quasiChinese character. Ascribable to the XVIIth century.

Height, 18 inches.Diameter, 9 inches.

No. ao

LARGE FLOWER VASE. Oviform, with fivesmall supplementary necks opening from theshoulder.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste dense-textured and

well baked, sustaining a soft white and semi-translucent groundcolour decorated in cobalt blue under the brilliant glaze.

The quasi-Chinese design comprehends a series of bluemedallions that involve blossoms, together with a nude fig

ure (young Buddha?). A border of fan-shaped panels,with diapering in key-fret pattern, surrounds the shoulderspaces between the necks.

The large central neck is decorated with hanging tauelforms, and the base is finished with a small conventionalborder. A purely Penian form, and ascribable to the

Height, 11 % inches. XVIIth century.Diameter, 8 inches.

( IUulfraUd)

11 An ancient Cb1nese aymboUc motif, havlns reference to the purity ofyouth, as a flower Ia spotless In Ita f tn t bloom.

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No. IJl

WATER VASE. (Narghili). Low oviform, withsmall contracted neck and a raised nozzle.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured and

highly fired, showing a semi-translucent white ground, withbrilliant cobalt-blue painting under the perfect glazing.

The design, covering the main surface, comprehends aseries of small panelled divisions alternately invested withgrotesque animals and ducks; the accessories include ftoralplants and rock:eries.

The shoulder shows a lanceolated border, and the neckis invested with ftoral sprays, birds and butterffies, and theupper B.ange is bordered by arabesque scrolls. The baseis finished by a trellis-diapered bordering, and foot showsa heavy vitreous celadon glaze, together with a seal mark.A fine example of the period when the inspiration from the

Chinese was at its best. XVIIth century.Height, 7lh inches.Diameter, 7 inches.

No. IS!LARGE PLAQUE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured andwell baked, sustaining a white semi-translucent surface, together with cobalt-blue painting under a brilliant and perfectglazing.

The panel displays a rocky promontory, with ftoweringplants and several birds and ducks, enclosed by an innerbordering in small diaper and fret motifs, involving theSwastika symbol. The wide outer border is composed of

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scalloped and radiating panels, invested with Sowers andsymbolic forms alternately inspired by Chinese models.

The reverse panel is simply decorated in free leafageoutlines. Ascribed to the XVIIth century.

Diameter, 1411;2 inches .

No . lSS

LARGE PLAQUE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Pas te fine-textured andwell baked, sustaining a white semi-translucent surface, invested

with cobalt-blue decoration, IOUI coo:oerle, the outlines of' design showing brown through the glaze.

Th e centre displays a small cluster of' Sowers disposedagainst the white crackle ground. Th e wide border consists of' a ~ r i e sof' radial (petal-formed) panels involvingconventional and formal Soral motif's. Th e reverse showsa simple Soral rendering in outline under the vitreousgreenish glaze. XVIIth century.

Diameter, 141;2 inches.

No. lS"

LARGE PLAQUE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Pas te fine, hard-texturedand well baked, sustaining a white semi-translucent surface, to-gether with a cobalt-blue painting under the silieo-glass glaze. r

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u I t may be remarked that the fll!e fa omitted on tbe Agure, an d anomament substituted, ahowins that the artist was a Musaulman of the Sunol

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fiowera and birda, and the border ia finished by a aeries ofradial pane1a in foliation form bearing arabesque scrolla

and symbols.It s reverse side shows a series of lozenge-shaped em-

blems, with fillets. A strong Chinese influence is plainlyapparent throughout the design that may be aacn'bed. to the


No. ISIS

SMALL PLAQUE.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Pas te fine, hard-textured

and thin, sustaining a white semi-translucent surface, togetherwith the cobalt-blue decoration under a perfect glazing.

The painting shows a fine ril'lceau.:c motif, togetherwith vermiculated forms in brown outlining touched outin blue, involving small burrs in brown poifttilU or stippling.

It s reverse side shows a gray crackle glaze, and beana mark in blue. Ascribable to the

Diameter, 9 inches. XVIIth or XVIIIth century.

No. IS6

SMALL PLAQUE. Octagonal form.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Pas te fine, hard-textured

and thin, sustaining a white semi-translucent coating, with kaolinic substance, which agreeably displays the cobalt-blue painting under the siliceous glaze.

The panel decoration includes two deer, shown undera tree, against the white ground, and surrounded by abrocaded inner border in foliated form.

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ing ftower and bird designs alternately. It s reverse side isalso decorated in blue, and shows lanceolated (fungi) forms

and leafage inspired by Chinese models.Diameter, 9 inches . XVIIth century.

No. 67

LARGE PLAQUE.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured and

well baked. A semi-translucent white ground is sustained, together with cobalt-blue decoration in two shades under the bril

liant glazing.The centre shows a landscape plateau, with two deerand diverse shrubs, including symbolic cloud forms. Thedesign is enclosed by a narrow inner border with a scalloped contour.

The wide outer border comprehends radial divisions,with fan-shape panelling, involving ftowers, foliage andemblems. The edging is in small double ogee scallops.

Its reverse side is simply decorated with petal andftoral formed tracery, and bears a small mock Chinese mark.Ascribable to the XVIIth century.

Diameter, 18 inches.

No. 68

LARGE BOWL.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured and

well baked, showing a semi-translucent white kaolinic s'!betance,together with a cobalt painting in two shades of blue under afaultless glazing.

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tory, including plants and water fowl. The design showsoutlining in the darker blue p i g m ~ n t ,filled in with the

lighter and more transparent cobalt.The interior comprehends a similar landscape subject,with two ducks and a narrow rim border, in blue brocadin g with 6oral variation.The foot bean a mock Chinese mark in seal form.

Height, 8%, inches. XVllth century.Diameter, 9 inches.

No. G9

PLATE.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured and

thin, with kaolinic substance, and approaching porcelain;ground white and semi-translucent, with cobalt-blue paintingunder the siliceous-glass glaze.

The panel shows a cluster of peonies and lotus blossoms,and the border is covered with an evenly dispersed 6oralmolif, carefully rendered in two shades of pellucid cobalt,showing Chinese inspiration.

It s reverse aide is decorated with a series of four sym-

bols (Po-ku ), and also bears a quasi-Chinese mark underthe vitreous glaze. Attributed to theD i a m e t e r ~61;2 inches. XVIIth century.

No. 60

LARGE BOWL.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste thin and fine, with

semi-translucent white ground painted in cobalt blue under theperfect glazing.

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The exterior presents a landscapt: subject, with water,figures and a pavilion in quasi-Chinese character. The in

terior is similarly decorated with landscapes, and the upperrim band includes a chevron-fret with flowers. Foot bearsa seal mark in blue, and may be ascribed to the latter partof the XVII th century.

Height, 3%, inches.Diameter, 9 inches.

PLATE.

No. 61

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste dense and fine-textured, sustaining a semi-translucent white surface, together withcobalt-blue painting under the silico-glass glaze.

The panel presents a garden scene, with the figure(Chinese character) of an old sage standing near a table,and t h ~background includes a pine tree.

The border includes scrolled motifs and lanceolated(fungi) emblem forms of longevity, all rendered -in tonedblack outlines and filled in with blue 1cnu couverte.This plate bears a quasi-Chinese mark, and may be ascribed

to either the XVIIth or XVIIIth century.Diameter, 7% inches.

No. 61

PLAQUE.

P-ersian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured andwell baked, with a semi-translucent white ("crackle") surface,decorated in cobalt blue under the silico-alkaline glaze.

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growing ( neehroend) trees, with a hovering bird above.The border shows a series of landscape etFects, with floral

and foliage interruptions. Its reverse side is simply deco-rated with four lozenge-shaped emblems and fillets in blue,which are clearly ~ r o mChinese sources. Ascribable to the


No. 68

SMALL PLAQUE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-tex\ured andwell baked, sustaining a white semi-translucent surface, together with cobalt-blue decoration under the pellucid glazing.

The panel shows a garden terrace with accessories, including a table and the presence of a grotesque animal. 11

The border painting comprehends radial divisions, withfloral forms and fan-like panels, enclosing alternately Te,..oist symbols and floral brocading. The reverse border issimply decorated with a free foliation outline in blue. Theedging is in alternating ogee scallops. Attributed to the


No. 64

PLATE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Pas te fine-textured andthin, showing a semi-translucent white surface, together withpainting in gray-toned blue 1 0 0 1 couverle.

The panel shows a terraced garden comer, with a tall

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cactus plant and conventionalized clouds in symbolic formation. Th e border is formed by a series of small radial divi

sions and scalloped panelling invested with a feather motif.It s reverse side is painted in simple outlined panelling andsmall concentric forms. Late XVIIth century.

Diameter, 6 inches.

No. 6lS

VASE. Oviform, tapering downward.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste massive and red-

toned, coated with an intervening stratum of white argillaceouscomposition (probably both oxide of lead and tin), 11 giving thesurface its enamel quality that so agreeably sustains the brilliant blue-coloured decoration under the light turquoise (oxideof copper) tinged siliceous glazing.

The main surface of body and neck shows a delicatelyrendered cobalt blue r i n c e ~motif, interspersed with smallblossoms in rich sapphire blue. The shoulder is bordered bya conventional foliated leafage in light turquoise against thedeep sapphire ground, and two similar borders finish thelower section and 6ange of base.

The interior of the vase and its base show a coating ofvitreous turquoise glaze.A charming and very rare example, executed with a care-

ful rendering and delicacy. XVIth century.Height, 11 inches.Diameter, 7 inches.

"Comte de Rochechouart (SOtl"ttttrl d'ttta V o y t ~ g ttt t Pt r l f ) , d e s e r i ~ing anclent varieties of faience, alludes to one uncommon variety, believedto have been made at Kaehan, as having a paste of re d earth covered wftbstamliferoas enamel of great beauty, and painted in cobalt under a glue

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GROUP V. W I T H MONOCHROME

GLAZING

No. 66

LARGE BOTTLE ( Surahe). Pear-shaped.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured andwell baked. Thiply coated with a stratum of plumbeoua enamel

substance and sustaining a deep lapis-lazuli blue glaze of uni-form quality with " crackled " surface.

A fine monochrome specimen. Attributed to theHeight, .I ! inches. XVIth or XVllth century.Diameter, 7% inches.

No. 67

SMALL COUPE.

Globular form,with

narrowmetal mounting at neck.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured and

highly 6red, showing a plumbeous white composition which sustains a manganese ( aubergiM) monochrome glaze in uniformand perfect translucent quality.

The shoulder is ornamented with a series of small raisedrosettes of ancient Iran character.

A rare and beautiful example of theHeight, 4 inches.Diameter, 8% inches.

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No. 68

LARGE BOTTLE ( Gargoulette).with small chased metal mountingbossed opening for a metal spout.

Pear-shaped,at neck and

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Pas te fine-textured andwell baked, with a thin stratum of plumbeous enamel, agreeably sustaining the deep (monochrome) lapis blue in combination with a narrow scrolled bordering of white gaufnwe aembellishment under the siliceous glaze.

The foot is separately glazed in pale celadon.This interesting example is attributed to the

Height, 1! inches. XVIth or XVIIth century.Diameter, 8 inches.

No. 69

E WE R (Gulip), with handle and chased metal spout.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste light-toned and

highly fired, showing the exterior surface glazed in deep lapisblue, together with reticulated 111 casings that partly coveredthe green-glazed panels of the massive interior.

The neck is encircled by a series of small blossoms in relief and under the lapis-blue glaze. Ascribable to theHeight, 9% inches. XVIth century.Diameter, 7 inches.

" The design Ja engraved or hollowed into the body of paste, and sepa-rately fllled out with the contrasting enamel; generally a whitish substance,with the oxide of ti n and lead, and tired before the gluing.

" The very fragile and rare mode of embellishment on this eumple Jashown rather injured from age and great usage, bu t the technleal problem involved in the production of sueb a eM f d'OIWitr remains nevertheless

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No. '18

BOTTLE. Flask shape, with ribbed sides.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste bufF-toned and well

baked, sustaining an impressed and modelled design, and covered over in dark green (monochrome) glaze of vitreous quality .

The two panels display animals and 1lowers uniformly inlow relief. Ascribable to the XVllth century.Height, 9% inches.Width, 6 inches by S% f n ~ h e s .

No. '11

BOTTLE. Flask shape, with ribbed sides.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste buW-toned and

well baked, with figure modelling in low relief, and entirelycovered with a monochrome green glaze of vitreous texture.

The two panels show raised figure subjects, one withtambourine; and the reverse with two figures representsdancing. The ribbed sides sustain ornamental bands inlow relief. Ascribable to the XVIIth century.

Height, 9 inches.Width, 6 inches by 8%, inches.

No. 71

BOTTLE. Bell shape, with everted neck.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Pas te fine-textured, in

part showing a semi-translucent plumbeous white ground, witha coloured decoration conjointly with a (monochrome) purpleglaze.

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includes a quartette of small diapered palmette motifs, to -gether with narrow spiralled borders at shoulder and neck,

a third small bordering in chevron fonn finishing the neck.The lower and larger section is invested with the rich

purple (manganese) glaze, and presents a monochrome ofrare quality. The foot is glazed in light vitreous celadon.Analogous to the oldest specimens of Damascus.

Height, 9 inches. XVIth to XVIIth century.Diameter, 6 inches.

( IUtutraled)

No. '78

D E E P PLATE.

Persian siliceoUi8 glazed pottery. Paste butF-toned andwell baked, coated in a plumbeous substance, and uniformlycovered over with a transparent and dark turquoise glaze andenhanced by black decoration .

The panel shows an octagonal contour, together with1lowers and petal-pointed bordering. The outer border isfinished by hllit.mthe subdivisions, enclosing small rosettes,

all in brilliant black1 0 t u

cou/oerle.It s reverse side sustains similar black outlines under the

deep turquoise glazing. XVIIIth century.Diameter, 10 inches.

No. 741

LOW BOTTLE. Bulbous body and wide neck.Pet?ian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste dark, hard-tex

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red ground covering, together with blue and green decoration(under the thick vitreous glaze), which invests both the bulbous body and neck in fonnal floral arabesque bordering.

Foot shows a dark-brown glazing.An interesting and rather unique example in colour. As-

cribed to the XVIth century.Height, 4% inches.Diameter, 6% inches.

No. 76

LARGE PLAQUE.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured andwell baked, covered partly with Martabani ( ~ o n )glaze,and also in translucent cobalt blue showing a white ground.

The centre sustains a blue and white star-shaped(eight-pointed) panel outlined in blue (posed to represent an inserted tile), which shows a grotesquely conventionalized dragon or other fabulous creature, reserved onthe white body against the blue ground, 1 0 t u couverte .The outer and remaining surface is glazed in deep Martabani, showing a supplementary " slip " painting in softwhite-blended enamel, in the form of two separate innerand outer bordering& rendered in delicate floral and tendrildesign.

A wide bordering of slightly hollowed flutings underthe celadon glaze finishes the embellishment ; the reverse issimilarly glazed in eeladon of deep and even texture.This remarkable chef d'tetllore, presenting two distinct

modes of glazing and coloured decoration, is ascribable to theDiameter, 18 inches. XVIth or XVIIth century.

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No. '76

LARGE PLAQUE.Persian siliceous g1azed pottery. Paste soft-textured and

bufF-toned. This massive example of Oriental faience is coatedwith a thin stratum of white composition ( plumbeous and argillaceous), upon which the coloured decoration is applied, andshown brilliantly under the (siliceous) glazing.

The exceptional colour motif is dominated by trans

parent sapphire-blue and emerald-green pigments, relievedand in combination with light manganese purple.In detail the design comprehends a central medallion

enclosing a star-petalled blossom or rosette with spiral(haianthe) foliations, and in blue outline on a greenhatched ground.

An inner border is formed by a circle of ornamentalleafage, picked out in deep blue and outlined in manganese purple against the scalloped white reserve and greenarched 6lling. A band of scrolling tendrils forms the sec-ond border in white reserve and against a blue ground.The outer border is finished with green interlacing involvin g small white reserved blossoms and other motifs.

The intervening section shows a series of eight ovalpanels, with geometrical diapering and fret work alternately in green and light purple or blue.

It s reverse side is in monochrome turquoise glazing ofvitreous texture.

A felicitous model of technical perfection and rarecombination of coloured glazes. Ascribable to the

Diameter, 1'7% inches. XVIth or XVIIth century.

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No. '7'7

VASE. Ovoid shape.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Pas te massive and red-

coloured, thinly coated with a silico-plumbeous substance,showing both a transparent and lustrous quality in the vitreous blue-green glazing, an iridescence due in part to the second and final coating of the siliceous glaze, slightly colouredby an admixture of metallic oxides ( oopper, etc.) .

Th e felicitous embellishment which is under the finalcoat of glazing presents beautiful scrolled foliage andarabesque motifs, including borders, in the most delicatewhite " slip " enamel painting, the efFect heightened bythe (so pro azzuro) touches of brilliant sapphire-blue orrehau11emmt bleu.An exceptional example, combining delicacy and brilliancy

with technical skill.A unique and rare type, and ascribable to an early period.

Height, 91,4 inches. XVth or XVIth century.Diameter, 6% inches.

( IUutratetl)

No. '78

WALL TILE, with relief ornament.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste bufF-toned and ofsandy texture, showing a thin coating of white plumbcous substance that sustains the polychrome embellishment with a silicoglass glazing (partly worn from age and usage ). 18

11 Thfa interesting tile Is slmUar to a few In the South KensingtonMl18eUD1 an d other collections known to have come from the ruln8 of" Ferabad," Shah AbbU I I' a palace, In the neighborhood of Ispaban, destreyed by the Afghans In l ' l i l .


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Th e low modelling presents an equestrian figure inancient Persian costume, holding a hawk on his hand. The

horse is shown in the white body colour, against a blueenamelled background, involving flowers and foliage alsoin white reserve, and picked out in other pigments.

Size, 7 % inches by l5 inches. XVIth century

TALL JUG.handles.

No. 79

Cylindrical, with angular-formed

Rhodian (Lindus) siliceous glazed pottery. Paste buft'toned and well baked. A semi-translucent and creamy-whiteground is sustained with polychrome painting, in which greenand a brilliant red predominate.l' 7

Th e decoration is typical and uniformly covers theentire surface, showing palmette and floral fonns, togetherwith spiral interlacing and foliation outlined in soft black,and filled in with various enamel colours under the siliceous

glazing. Ascribable to the XVIIth century.Height, 9 inches.Diameter, 4% inches.

( IUwtrated}

" Local or Rbodlan tradition declares that potters' fui'IUICa exiated atLlndus, under the direction or Influence o f tbe lmlghts of Rbode.s, whopresumably brought potters Into tbelr Wand from the Syrian mainland.The bright red is one of the chief cbaracterllltica of their ware.


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TALL JUG.

handles.

No. 80

Cylindrical, with angular-shaped

Rhodian (Lindus) siliceous glazed pottery. Paste lightbuft"-toned and well baked, sustaining a semi-translucent whiteground of plumbeous quality, together with polychrome decoration.18

A typical motif, which covers the entire surface uni-formly, shows an interlacing of foliated and spiral forms,together with palmette panels involving " fish-scale " andother diapering, alternately painted in green or blue, withthe tracery of' design in soft black l o t U cooloerte.

The upper rim and base are equally finished w i ~ habordering. Th e foot shows dark-brown bisque from !logeand usage.This characteristic example is ascribable to the

Height, 10 inches. XVIIth century.Diameter, 6% inches. ( Illtutraua)

No. 81

JUG, with handle and cover.

Lindus or Rhodian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste finetextured and light-toned. Ornamented with hollowed flutingand scalloped indentation a t base, sustaining a greenish-whiteglazing, together with decoration in polychrome colours.

The painting shows alternately vertical floral andfeather motif's, and the cover is bordered by floral scrolls 111

and finished with an ornamental button. Ascribable to theHeight, 7 inches. XVIIIth century.Diameter, 4 inches.

A simllar piece Is In tbe collection of Herm Theo. Graf, Vienna.11

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No. 8 i

MUG.Lindus or Rhodian siliceous glazed pottery. Pas te fine-

textured, light and well baked, sustaining soft, creamy-whiteground colour, together with a polychrome decoration underthe brilliant glaze.

Th e painting comprehends a series of narrow verticaldivisions, enclosing floral stripes and feathered forms alternately, together with a small rim bordering, all executedin coloured pigments IOtU cou:oerte, analogues with the oldware of Lindus.

The foot bears a small black mark. Ascribed to theHeight, 41% inches. XVIIth or XVIIIth century.Diameter, 41 inches.

No. 88

MUG.Rhodian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured and

well baked, sustaining a white semi-translucent body colour, together with a polychrome decoration under the bluish-blendedand vitreous glaze.

Th e painting consists of a series of small vertical divisions outlined in black and green, enclosing alternately 1loralplants and simple dashes in black and green.

The rim shows a chevroned band, and the glazed footbears a small (crossed black) mark. Attr ibuted to the

Height, 41 inches. XVIIIth century.Diameter, 41 inches.

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No. 84t

ROSE-WATER EWER (Gulip). Ribbed body,tapering upwards, with bulbous neck and spout.Rhodian siliceOus glazed pottery. Paste butf-toned and well

baked, showing a creamy-white and semi-translucent surface col-our, together with polychrome decoration under the silico-glassglaze. 20

The painting comprehends a soft black tracery of thedesign, with touches of light manganese purple and turquoise, the latter pigment predominating, and fills in theornamental diaper work of the spout. Th e handle is miss-

ing, nevertheless the form is rare and interesting.Height, 8% inches. XVIIth or XVilltb century.Diameter, IS inches.

No. SIS

SMALL JUG.

Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured, lightand well baked, showing a creamy-white semi-translucent ground,

with polychrome decoration under the brilliant silico-glass glazing.The painting presents clustered floral plants, in the

characteristic pigments known as achtrmg in Persia, andwhich are analogues to the enamels of old Lindus or Rhodianpottery. Presumably made at Nantes, and ascribable tothe XVIIth or XVIIIth century.

Height, 4% inches.Diameter, 4 inches.

A slmllar ewer, or Gulip, exists In the collection of Herrn Trau,

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No. 86

PLATE.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste fine-textured, thin

and well baked; showing a semi-translucent white ground withcoloured decoration under the glaze.

The panel presents geometrical divisions in purplemanganese outlining, together with blue and green floralclusters on a diapered ground. The border comprehendssimilar floral detail, with radial dividing lines, and its reverse side is simply decorated with floral clusters.

Diameter, 6% inches. Early XVIIIth century.

No. 8'1

SQUARE VASE.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste gray-toned and

well baked, showing a semi-translucent white-toned ground,together with polychrome embellishment under a brilliant silico

glaas glazing.Th e four vertical sides display two panels in blue, with

floral rosettes picked out in manganese purple, and alternate with the others, showing network tracery interspersedwith email blossoms posed against the grayish-white ground.Attn"buted to the XVIIIth century.

Height, 10 inches.Width, 4% inches by 4% inches.

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No. 88

ROSE-WATER BOTTLE ( Gulip). With bulbous neck.Rhodian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste light buff-toned

with geometric relief work, and sustaining a supplementarydecoration in polychrome colours under the brilliant silicaglass glaze.

The design shows a series of borders in scrolled, flow-ered and fret ted detail. The thickly applied red pigment,usually attributed to the pottery of Lindus (Rhodian ), istypical and strongly marked in the painting.

Height, 9 inches. XVIIth or XVIllth century.Diameter, t51A:inches.

No. 89

LARGE BOWL.Persian siliceous glazed pottery. Paste thin and highly

baked (approaching kaolinic porcelain). A white semi-translucent ground is sustained, together with a polychrome decoration under the glaze.

The exterior shows various waved borden in violetand blended blue flowers, with a form of thatching thatfills the middle section. The interior is finished with asmall border and a flowered rosette posed against thecreamy-white body colour. XVUith century.

Height, 8%, inches.Diameter, 8 % inches.

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No. 90

FLAT BOTTLE. Pilgrim shape.Siliceous glazed pottery. Paste light-toned and well baked,

sustaining a soft white ground, together with relief ornamentation and coloured decoration.

Each of the two principal panels shows a trained ele-phant in combat with another species of monster in ba.-

relief,21

separately picked out in cobalt and turquoise colours; posed against the blue-painted background, involvingwhite fioral reserves, and fl'f:LDled by ornamental and archedoutlines in blue.

The narrow sides present a turquoise-coloured ground,with hanging fioral motifs in white reserve delicately outlined in cobalt blue, and under a thin coating of siliceousglaze.

The neck and base show small fiangea in green, with afioral bordering in white reserve. The foot underneath iscovered in vitreous turquoise glaze.This interesting and rare example may be attributed to the

Height, 9 inches. XVIIth or XVll l th century.Diameter, 7 inches.

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An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Rare Old Persian Pottery