PC-139PC-139-Base

PC-139-lip

KARABA – VARIANT (PC-139)
Region From: Likely Isfahan or Shiraz, Persia.
Estimated Date of Production: Mid to late 1700s.
Dimensions: 330 mm in height, 217 mm by 99 mm in circumference.
Weight: 654 grams.
Colour: Olive green.
Technique: Sand pontilled (no glass residue on base), freeblown, rouletted string rim. Sheared and unpolished (jagged) lip.
Description: Flat-sided Karaba.
Condition: 9 mm 3-point star on inclusion on flat edge, full gloss.
Provenance: Purchased December 2013, from Montreal collection.
Literature: n/a
Related Works outside this collection: One in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; one in an American collection.