THREE MINIATURE POTTERY JARS WITH AVIARY MOTIFS AND PSEUDO-CALLIGRAPHY
Possibly Iran, 12th - 13th century
Comprising a miniature pottery jar, of compressed globular shape, resting on a short circular foot, rising to a truncated circular rim, painted in dark brown and blue on a white ground, decorated with five white ducks and blue vegetal scrolls encased within two horizontal white lines, the interior with residues of iridescent blue glaze; a copper lustre-painted pseudo-calligraphic pottery jar, of tapering conical shape, rising to a slightly everted circular rim, featuring a beaded band on the shoulder and concentric bands near the bottom; and another similar, painted in blue, turquoise and black with figural and arabesque medallions, now opacified, the tallest 5.5cm high, the widest 6.5cm diam.
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