Three turquoise-coloured ceramic bowls

Description:

Persia, probably Keshan, 13th c.
D. 16,8 - 21,3 cm
Light-coloured ceramic with conical walls, unglazed bases, the outer walls and inner surfaces partly with moulded ornamentation, one bowl with linear decoration, one bowl decorated inside and on the wall with floral-geometric motifs in underglaze blue and black.
From the collection of art dealer and collector Saeed Motamed (1925-2013), collected since the 1950s, largely documented in a 1998 inventory with drawings and Persian descriptions. Partially documented in exhibition catalogs since the 1970s, see inventory under no. 1066, p. 124; no. 1108, p. 129; Partly broken and restored, repl.