£500 - £1,000
HISPANIC LARGE BOWL
1550grams
39cm 4cm height
Of shallow rounded shape, resting on a flat base, with an everted flattened rim, the earthenware body painted in copper lustre and cobalt blue, the decoration to the interior consisting of a cross in the centre filled with pseudo-Arabic calligraphy, possibly the Nasrid motto La Ghaliba Illa Allah, against vegetal sprays, in the four corners Western-inspired leaves and vegetal trellis against a dotted ground, the cavetto with continuous scrollwork, the rim with solid copper lustre edge and cobalt blue-painted pomegranate sprays, the exterior with concentric fretwork bands, 38.5cm diam.
Provenance:
Christie's South Kensington, 4 October 2011, lot 7.
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