Specializing in the Arts of the Near and Middle East, from Antiquity to the great Islamic Empires, Galerie Kevorkian is rooted in a family history that began in Ottoman Anatolia at the end of the 19th century.
Established in Paris since the early 20th century and located at 21 quai Malaquais since 1923, the gallery is now directed by Corinne Kevorkian, the third generation of dealers and experts.
Over the decades, it has contributed to the enrichment of major private and museum collections worldwide and regularly takes part in leading international fairs, including TEFAF Maastricht and Fine Arts Paris.
Vase in the form of a female musician
Fritware pottery
Luster painted decoration over an opaque tin glaze
Height : 20 cm.
Width : 14,5 cm
Central Iran, Kashan, Seljuk period, late 12th, early 13th century
Provenance
– Estate of Mr. H.
– Former collection of Roland du Roy de Blicquy, Brussels (1921, 2015)
– Hotel Drouot, Paris, March 19, 2004 : n°125
Rare vessel in the form of a female lute player, decorated in brown metallic luster over a lavender blue glaze.
It depicts a seated female musician wearing a headdress, the front part of which is slightly raised and pointed, and a long sleeved robe with panels cascading over her knees. She plucks the strings of a lute held against her chest. Her rounded face features a small mouth, almond shaped eyes under fine arched brows, and is framed by two long stylized locks of hair falling along her shoulders, while a single broad triangular plait flows down the back to the bottom of her waist. Her garment is decorated with large scrollwork of palmettes, which are reproduced in a simplified form on her headdress.
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