Bidspirit auction | NISHAPUR SLIPWARE BOWL

NISHAPUR SLIPWARE BOWL - Persia, Ca. 10th century AD. A pottery bowl of a hemispherical form on a short unglazed foot. The interior is decorated with stylised motifs splashed in green, yellow and brown. The splashware is a type of pottery first produced in Abbasid as a result of extensive trade contacts in China. The green, yellow, and brown glaze decoration imitates Chinese sancai ware, which dates back to Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). For a type, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 40.170.167. Size: 90mm x 185mm ; Weight: 635g Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.