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The Potteries of Persia : being a brief history of the art of ceramics in the Near East (1909)

Kelekian, Dikran G., 1868-1951 · Paris : H. Clarke · leaf 31

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t so many of these lovely polychrome potteries. Where they were made is still a mystery. This district now owned by Russia, was formerly a province of Persia, and although it is far from the central cities of the kingdom, it must have been a favorite retreat, possibly in time of political… … lovely tones in these Koubatcha plates ever Fig- *3— Persian Lustre Bottle. . achieved through the arbitrary medium of Sixteenth Ccntun. the potters* art. Remotely, they suggest the Damascus and Rhodian wares, and they may, indeed, be the link hitherto missing which will account for the brilliant…

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