A COPPER-LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL WITH FIGURAL DECORATION Kashan, Iran, 12th - 13th century  Of compressed globular shape, on tall splayed foot, the rim slightly everted, the frit body painted in red copper lustre with lines creating geometric motifs on the interior, the exterior also painted in red copper lustre with seven roundels alternating cross-legged human figures and blooming vases with scrolling vegetal tendrils, the type of figural decoration in line with Kashan pottery miniature style, some roundels outlined in cobalt blue paint, an old inventory number on the base "No. 562", 19.5cm diam. and 10.7cm high. Provenance: UK private collection since 1980s.