A Kashan monochrome composite pottery rider on horseback Persia, 12th/ 13th Century(2)

A Kashan monochrome composite pottery rider on horseback Persia, 12th/ 13th Century the horse standing upright on four legs and a flat base, the rider with reins in one hand and a spout-shaped opening to the top of the head, decorated with moulded details, accompanying Japanese wood storage box 30.4 cm. high(2) Footnotes: A figure of similar form with black underglaze decoration was sold at Sotheby's, A Princely Collection: Treasures from the Islamic World, 5 October 2010 (lot 82). Ernst J. Grube has referred to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in Seljuk Persia as 'the most productive [period] in the history of Islamic ceramic-making,' with a significant boom in the production of 'portable objects' beginning in the late Seljuk period (Ernst J. Grube, Islamic Pottery of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London: Faber & Faber, 1976, p.158). Monochrome-glazed wares, moulded relief decoration, and small figural, zoomorphic, and architectural models were all popular forms during this period. Important Notice to Buyers Some countries, e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * R * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing