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Conical Cup With Radiating Divisions

Conical cup with radiating divisions painted alternatively with lustre colour and deep blue. Birds with wings ending in semi-palmettes are rendered on a gold ground, a style of painting characteristic of the early period of Kashan pottery. Iran, Kashan, late 12th c. Gift of Marina Lappa-Diomidous....
12th c.
Clay
0.07m
GE 709
Image and text courtesy of Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, 2022

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Benaki Museum of Islamic Art
Permanent collection