Ceramic Lustre Container

Kashan
12th – 13th century
H: 9.5 cm D: 17.5 cm

For centuries Islamic ceramic art has flourished as an art remarkable for its vitality and variety of styles. This beautiful lustre ceramic container represents one of the glorious new worlds of style for earth ware this culture endured and is truly a work of aesthetic and technical brilliance.

Of rounded globular form this ceramic container bears four moon-faced figures on a colourful lustre ground. It has a meandering vine background, with the seated human figures all-resting on their knees. With its fantastic lustre colours and elaborate decoration this piece is a stunning artwork from a time that artisans truly left a heritage of cultural treasures.