19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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A PERSIAN CELADON-STYLE MONOCHROME GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY VASE
Iran, mid to late 19th century
A PERSIAN CELADON-STYLE MONOCHROME GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY VASE
Iran, mid to late 19th century
Of pyriform shape, on a large-spreading circular foot, rising to a long tapering neck with everted lip, the shoulder with a raised moulded band of stylised lion and dragon motif, covered overall in a thick monochrome green glaze pooling at the recesses and thinning at the edges, the interior and underside similarly glazed, the form and decoration likely inspired by earlier Safavid pottery models imitating Chinese celadon wares.
28cm high
Provenance:
Sotheby's London, 10 October 1990, lot 199/2;
Christie's London, The Saeed Motamed Collection - Part II, 7 October 2013, lot 88
Sold for £220
A PERSIAN CELADON-STYLE MONOCHROME GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY VASE
Iran, mid to late 19th century
Of pyriform shape, on a large-spreading circular foot, rising to a long tapering neck with everted lip, the shoulder with a raised moulded band of stylised lion and dragon motif, covered overall in a thick monochrome green glaze pooling at the recesses and thinning at the edges, the interior and underside similarly glazed, the form and decoration likely inspired by earlier Safavid pottery models imitating Chinese celadon wares.
28cm high
Provenance:
Sotheby's London, 10 October 1990, lot 199/2;
Christie's London, The Saeed Motamed Collection - Part II, 7 October 2013, lot 88
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
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