TWO SAFAVID GOMBROON WARE BOWLS

TWO SAFAVID GOMBROON WARE BOWLS

17TH CENTURY

Each with a raised central medallion painted in cobalt blue and black under a transparent glaze, the larger with stars and prongs, the smaller with swirls and petal-shaped flecks, the cavetti decorated with a pierced 'rice-grain' pattern, the rims with a series of black dots, both of shallow rounded form upon a short foot, 18.5cm and 18.2cm. (2)

Cf. Sotheby's, London, 6th October 2010, lot 210 for a single Gombroon bowl of similar design; see also the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no.424-1872 for a related footed-bowl.