A VERY RARE & INTACT ANCIENT ISLAMIC FATIMID GREEN-GLAZED JAR, CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY, Measurement: 14 cm high, 50 cm around the body. Of baluster form on short foot, one incised with a geometric band around the shoulder. For a very Similar & Larger Example see Sothebys Arts of Islamic World 18 April 2007 Auction Lot#67 and was sold for 45,600 GBP ( Around 61,000 USD ) . Green glazed incised ware from Fatimid Egypt has been described by Oliver Watson as "one of the 'hidden treasures' of Islamic pottery" (Watson 2004, p.285). Surprisingly little is known about this category of wares, for although it is well-attested in the Fustat sherd material, intact examples are extremely rare. The type was first properly documented by Helen Philon (Philon 1980, p.263ff) who noted the characteristic soft pinkish buff to pale-yellow body and the lead-fluxed copper glaze which typically stops short of, or dribbles messily over, the foot, as seen here.The finest extant example is in the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait (Watson 2004, pp.284-5), attributed by Watson to the 12th century.

Few Cracks otherwise intact, Very Fine Quality.