Islamic Ceramics

A very unusual antique Middle Eastern Islamic ceramic bowl hand painted in blue and white with stylized buildings and vegetation and believed to date from the 17th century. The light...

A good antique 18th century Ottoman Iznik/Kutayha pottery plate, circa 1750. The plate with a cream glaze ground, hand-painted with multi-colored floral motifs of under glaze blue, green & red. The plate is decorated with typical stylized tulips, carnations and Ottoman Saz leaves & blossoms. Iznik & Kutahya are towns in Turkey with an illustrious history of hundreds of years of fine pottery making, this type of pottery is characterized by it's fritware body often containing a high percentage of ground glass & fired at lower temperatures, a type of tin glazed earthenware, which was an attempt to imitate the high-fired glazes of Chinese porcelain. This plate dates to the middle of the 1700s by around 1800 the production of such pottery has ceased. This plate is in good condition, no cracks or chips, expected small amounts of glaze loss to the edges, the makers mark is on the verso in the form of an under glaze flower head. This very attractive antique Iznik plate...

Mid-20th Century Handmade Turkish Kütahya Ceramic Wall Plate Iznik Style, Artist Signed Elevate your space with this hand-painted vintage Turkish cer...

Incredibly rare/unique & monumental antique Mamluk/Nasrid Islamic pottery copper lustre candlestick, circa 1870. This incredible pottery candlestick follows the the form of a 14th C...

From a small collection of five Persian hand painted pottery vases is this stylish earthenware bottle shaped vase hand painted with a hen and cockerel amidst flowering stems and dati...

From a small collection of five Persian hand painted pottery vases is this stylish earthenware bottle shaped vase hand painted with artichoke floral designs dating from the early to ...

From a small collection of five Persian hand painted pottery vases is this stylish pair of earthenware rectangular shaped vases hand painted with birds and fish amidst flowering stem...

An earthenware bowl supported on a foot ring decorated with elaborate slip paint. The bowl was likely made in Kashan (in nowadays Iran) during 12-14th century, in Khwarazmian Empire,...

Six large 20th century hand painted Persian tiles. Siliceous paste painted in polychromy under transparent colorless glaze. Each tile is 8 by...

Vintage Turkish Polychrome Hand Painted Ceramic Kutahya Platter Circa 1950's. Hand painted and handcrafted Turkish Kutahya ceramic wall decorative plate with polychrome Ottoman geome...

A good antique 18th century Iznik Kutahya pottery "Surahi" or water bottle, Turkey, circa 1720. The body raised on a circular slightly flraed foot rising to a baluster shaped body ri...

Probably Kirman, 16th/17th Century, Persia. Of Low rounded profile, on short a foot and with sloping rim, this Kirman blue and white dish with white slip decoration and stylized dens...

Probably Kirman, 16th/17th Century, Persia. Of Low rounded profile, on short a foot and with sloping rim, this Kirman blue dish with white slip decoration and stylized floral pattern...

An earthenware pottery bowl supported on a short ring base decorated with polychrome slip paint. This type of buff ware bowl is identified as classic Nishapur ware circa 10th century...

Antique Persian Qajar Middle Eastern Islamic tile plaque 19th century or before. Asian Moorish glazed ceramic tile depicting an outdoor scene wit...

Antique 19th century Qajar blue tile with Islamic calligraphy writing. Antique 19th century Islamic Koranic calligraphy with Koranic script. Qajar dynasty, a blue and white Islamic ...

From a small collection of five Persian hand painted pottery vases is this stylish earthenware triangular shaped vase hand painted with a bird amidst flowering stems and dating from ...

Antique 19th century Persian Qajar blue tile with Islamic calligraphy writing. Antique 19th century Islamic Art with Koranic calligraphy Arabic script. Qajar dynasty, a blue and white Islamic pottery square tile. Rectangular form in cobalt blue Thuluth inscription in relief on a luster ground, 19th century Koran verses: Top line - "In the name of Allah beneficent and merciful" " Bottom line - "We granted you a great victory." Cobalt blue Thuluth inscription in relief on a luster ground with foliate scrolls and green details. Great decorative antique Persian Ottoman Turkish handcrafted decorative crackle glazed ceramic Islamic artwork tile. Pottery ceramic antique Islamic Asian earthenware tile molded...

From a small collection of five Persian hand painted pottery vases is this stylish earthenware triangular shaped vase hand painted with deer amidst rocks and flowers and dating from ...

From a small collection of Persian hand painted pottery is this stylish large earthenware tile hand painted with a recumbent deer with flowering stems and dating from the early to mi...

Stunning late 18th / early 19th century Algerian Darbuka drum, hand crafted in terracotta and adorned with incredible Islamic and Algerian decoration in golds and polychrome colours....

From a small collection of five Persian hand painted pottery vases is this stylish earthenware five-sided (Polygon shaped) bottle shaped vase hand painted with stylized leaf panel pa...

Antique 19th century hand painted Islamic Turkish ottoman ceramic tile. Painting figure of a Shah Suleiman in a palace before a colonnade and curtain. Ar...

Moroccan ceramic plate in dark brown with crackled lighter beige. Ceramic plate chiseled with Arabic calligraphy writing in ivory on brown background. Large Moroccan ceramic bowl han...

A small Islamic ceramic bowl circa 11-12th century, possibly from Nishapur or Aghkand area of Persia. The elegantly shaped bowl with a slightly flared opening is supported on a small foot rim. The earth ware...

Pair of Moroccan dark brown with crackled lighter beige ceramic plates chiseled in with Arabic calligraphy writing in ivory on brown background. These plates could be displayed on a ...

A collection of four Early Persian Glazed Pottery Oil Lamps from an American collection. It consists of three oil lamps with iridescent glaze purportedly from Rhages area, Persia, ci...

A collection of two small pottery bowls with polychrome central figurative decorations, matching size and similar conical form. These bowls are identified as Nishapur ware circa 10th century (in nowadays Iran). They were stoneware (possibly buffware) and covered with opaque white glaze. Both were lovely decorated with a central human figure within an outer border. One is predominantly yellow, an imitation of luster ware...