A Kashan silhouette ware pottery jug
Persia, 12th Century
of globular form on a slightly flaring foot, with conical neck and rounded handle, the decoration carved through a black slip under a turquoise glaze with a band of inscriptions to the shoulder, with fitted box
15.1 cm. high
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Provenance
Private Belgian collection acquired at Mansour Gallery, London, on the 26th of March 2002, and thence by descent.

Inscriptions: possibly Barakah wa yumn wa ..., 'Blessing and good-fortune and ...'.

A similar jar is in the David Collection, Copenhagen (inv. no. 3/1975) noted, like the present example, for its technical execution and for the splendid play of colours. For a comparable black and white jug, see Jean Soustiel, La Ceramique Islamique Le Guide du Connaisseur, Switzerland, 1985, p. 87.

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