Ghurid Pottery Avian-Form Vessel w/ Ornate Motifs

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Ancient & Ethnographic Art Through The Ages

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Feb 10, 2022

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• Lot Description
  Central Asia, central Afghanistan, Jam in Ghur province, Ghurid Dynasty, ca. 12th to 13th century CE. An elegant pottery vessel displaying the form of a seated bird with a bulbous body, a tapered tail, a lengthy neck, a bifurcated handle that connects neck to body, and a flared spout. The entire exterior surface of the vessel from midway up the body is covered in a profusion of fine line black-on-cream decoration: abstract and floral motifs, crosshatching, tightly spaced lines, curves, and diamond-shaped outlines. The surface is highly decorated but never busy, instead presenting an ornate appearance. Applied strips of clay even further embellish the surface, adding a lizard head-like adornment to the tail, as well as additional decoration to the shoulder and handle. Size: 5.8" L x 3.8" W x 6" H (14.7 cm x 9.7 cm x 15.2 cm)
  
  Despite scholars knowing little about the Ghurid Dynasty and its artistic stylings, they do know it had a rich heritage and a unique presentation. The area today known as Jam was once called Firuzkuh, the summer capital of the Ghurid sultanate that was destroyed by the Mongols around 1222 to 1223 CE and rediscovered by international researchers in 1957 because of its huge minaret. A wide profusion of different style vessels seems to have been made in medieval Jam during the short Ghurid Dynasty, which enjoyed brief success in the 12th century before collapsing after the death of its most charismatic rulers; indeed, when the Mongols destroyed it, it seems to have already been a city in decline. The pottery made there is all the more remarkable for the brief window in which it was made.
  
  Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private prominent D.K. collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 2000s
  
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  #167951

  Condition

  Collection labels on base. Repairs to rim with restoration. Expected nicks and abrasions as shown. Otherwise, excellent with impressive remaining pigments.
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