FOUR SMALL MULTAN BLUE AND TURQUOISE POTTERY VASES
Sindh, Pakistan, early 20th century

Comprising four small vases, each of slightly different shape and size, painted in cobalt blue and turquoise against a white-slip ground, the decoration on three vases consisting of a central wide band of scrolling floral trellis framed within narrower bands with lush palmettes and petal-like geometric pattern, the smallest vase with rosette bouquets within circular medallions and to the sides, petal-like geometric designs around the neck and its base, the tallest 16.5cm high, the shortest 11cm high.

Provenance: purchased from Marryat Antique Dealers over ten years ago and in a private London collection since.