. Illustrated catalogue of an extraordinary collection of Greek, Saracenic, Mesopotamian and Persian faïences, glass and other objects of exceeding rarity and artistic beauty. No. 295SULTANABAD FAIENCE BOWL (Thirteenth Century) Height, 31/., inches: diameter, 7% inches Coupe-shaped, with annular foot. Invested with a thick ivory-colored glaze and decorated in black, as to the center of the in-terior, with a large medallion encircled by four large triangularshaped flowers with scrolled leaves. The exterior decorated,also in black, with scrolled interlacements and flowers, all be-traying a Chine
. Illustrated catalogue of an extraordinary collection of Greek, Saracenic, Mesopotamian and Persian faïences, glass and other objects of exceeding rarity and artistic beauty. No. 295SULTANABAD FAIENCE BOWL (Thirteenth Century) Height, 31/., inches: diameter, 7% inches Coupe-shaped, with annular foot. Invested with a thick ivory-colored glaze and decorated in black, as to the center of the in-terior, with a large medallion encircled by four large triangularshaped flowers with scrolled leaves. The exterior decorated,also in black, with scrolled interlacements and flowers, all be-traying a Chinese influence. Second and Last Afternoon. No. 29(>RANK A FAIENCE MOSQUE LAMP Height, 10*4 inches (Twelfth Centura) Cylindrical shape, on three sphinxlike feet, with domed top andarched opening. Invested with a crackled turquoise-blue glazeand decorated with sunken relief hands of Arabic inscriptionsin black. The dome Is patterned in relief with pierced inter-lacements and the side with panels of an interlaced patterningin low relief and pierced. Second and Last Afternoon No. 297EAKKE LUSTRED FAIENCE VASE (Ninth Century) Height, 13 inches Pear-shaped, with cylindrical neck and outcurved rim. In-vested with a heavy turquoise-blue glaze stopping short of thebase and decorated in relief with a pattern of palm-leaf forms,in black. The ground between is dotted in black. (Restored.) Xote: This and Xo. 300 are typical of the first Rakka ware which reachedEurope. M. Migeon in his Manual of Moslem Art, published in 1907, notesonly three known examples, one of which, a counterpart of Xo. 300, was inthe du Cane Godman Collection. Xo.
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