19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN IRANIAN SAFAVID-STYLE CELADON POTTERY VASE WITH CROSS DESIGN
Qajar Iran, 19th century
AN IRANIAN SAFAVID-STYLE CELADON POTTERY VASE WITH CROSS DESIGN
Qajar Iran, 19th century
Of typical baluster-like shape, with tapering, circular base, broad, sloping shoulders, and a short cylindrical rim, underglaze-painted in white on a light greenish grey celadon-like ground, the body decorated with large cusped arabesque cartouches infilled with stylised vegetal meanders and palmettes alternating with rosette roundels flanked by double Latin crosses, a frieze of rosettes and lotus flowers embellishing the shoulders around the rim, the white paint on the body thickly applied under the glossy glaze imitating Chinese moulded celadon wares.
26cm high
Sold for £825
AN IRANIAN SAFAVID-STYLE CELADON POTTERY VASE WITH CROSS DESIGN
Qajar Iran, 19th century
Of typical baluster-like shape, with tapering, circular base, broad, sloping shoulders, and a short cylindrical rim, underglaze-painted in white on a light greenish grey celadon-like ground, the body decorated with large cusped arabesque cartouches infilled with stylised vegetal meanders and palmettes alternating with rosette roundels flanked by double Latin crosses, a frieze of rosettes and lotus flowers embellishing the shoulders around the rim, the white paint on the body thickly applied under the glossy glaze imitating Chinese moulded celadon wares.
26cm high
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.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
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Viewing:
13th June - 10:00 - 17:00
14th June - 11:00 - 16:00
15th June - 11:00 - 16:00
16th June - 10:00 - 17:00
17th June - 10:00 - 17:00
18th June - 10:00 - 17:00
