A FINE COLLECTION OF FATIMID, AYYUBID AND MAMLUK POTTERY SHA...

Hammer

£2,300

A FINE COLLECTION OF FATIMID, AYYUBID AND MAMLUK POTTERY SHARDS, SYRIA AND EGYPT, 11TH TO 15TH CENTURY

Comprising a lustrous pottery shard from a large Fatimid dish decorated with four fish, a lustrous chocolate-coloured shard with turquoise highlights and calligraphic decoration from a Raqqa dish, another Raqqa shard decorated with polychrome peacock motif on a foliage ground, an Ayyubid or Mamluk shard with an incised hare on engobe, a Mamluk shard featuring a predatory bird attacking a wader, and a Mamluk shard adorned with cobalt rosettes on a white ground,

Dimensions
18 x 15 cm (the largest shard)

Provenance
Former Greek collection, formed in the first half of the 20th century.