Sultanabad Glazed Bowl - AMD.133, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1200 AD to 1300 AD, Dimensions: 3.7" (9.4cm) high x 8.2" (20.8cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Sultanabad, Medium: Fritware/Composite. This extraordinary bowl characterizes Sultanabad wares in every way. Its shape is exquisitely bowl like, a thicker (and often they are more angular than pre-Mongol pieces). We see here the loose spotted and speckled painting, the jumbled background of turquoise colored foliage against a cobalt blue backdrop, that give the effect of bush or thicket at the center of the piece and form the background for the central figure, in this case a prancing deer, to escape into, fleeing from a herd of noble Mongol hunters just out of sight. Around the center portrait the painter has drawn a symphony of flowing design and color executed in blue, black and the crème in relief which is the color of the fritware itself, beneath the glaze.

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