A COPPER-LUSTRE POTTERY JUG  Kashan, Iran, late 12th - early 13th century  Of compressed globular shape with a tall cylindrical neck and a curved handle on the side, resting on a slightly splayed circular foot, the moulded body presenting copper-lustre decoration in Kashan miniature style on the raised areas, the decoration consisting of roundels filled with stars, spirals and stylised vegetal pattern on the body, calligraphic cartouches on the neck and handle, and a continuous pseudo-Kufic calligraphic line inside the neck, an inventory number '850' imprinted on the base, 22cm high. For an analogous example, please see Christie's South Kensington, The Saeed Motamed Collection - Part II, 7 October 2013, lot 55.