Persian Lustreware Reproduction Jar in Kashan Traditional Style (20th Century)

Persian-Style lustreware jar, Kashan tradition reproduction (20th Century). A cylindrical jar with an elongated body leading to a narrower, straight neck, set on a substantial foot ring. The sides are divided into rectangular panels containing painted seated figures, each separated by bands of scrolling arabesque ornament, with a further arabesque border running beneath the neck and under the vertical portion of the design. The interior carries a pale, off-white glaze; the base is finished in a matte oatmeal tone. The design draws on the historic lustreware tradition centred on the Persian city of Kashan, where, from the 1170s onward, potters mastered a distinctive metallic glazing technique achieved through a second, low-temperature firing that had previously only been used in parts of Egypt, Syria, and Iraq. Figural decoration from this period often shows rounded, softly featured faces reflecting the influence of Chinese pictorial styles then fashionable in Iran, with seated figures generally understood as decorative rather than symbolic, evoking scenes of leisure and refined living. This piece is a 20th Century reproduction made in that historic style, of glazed earthenware, hand-painted in manganese brown rather than the fritware body and true metallic lustre of the original medieval wares it draws upon.

Dimensions:

H 35.5 cm / 14"

Dia 17.5 cm / 6.9"