TWO TURQUOISE-GLAZED KASHAN POTTERY BOWLS Iran, 12th - 13th century  Each of hemispherical form, resting on a circular slightly splayed foot, comprising a larger bowl, the interior with underglaze-painted floral designs, the rim with carved abstract decorations, the exterior plain and covered with turquoise glaze, 20cm diam. and 9cm high; and another, smaller, with incised and pierced decoration to the cavetto, 15cm diam. and 6.5cm high. Provenance: Private UK collection, purchased in Iran in the late 1960s, thence in the family by descent.