A SULTANABAD POTTERY BOWL WITH HARES, ILKHANID 13TH CENTURY With the decoration of animals on a densely foliated background is a typical example of ceramic which became very popular under the Ilkhanids. Known as “Sultanabad ware”,  they are named after the place they were first found, decoration covers both interior and exterior except for the low foot and black is used for the outlines of the decoration,  The scalloped shape of the cup is also found on a piece from the same period kept at the Kuwait Museum (Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic lands, the Al- Sabah Collection, Kuwait National Museum, Thames & Hudson, London, 2004, cat. Q.22, p.392).  A “Sultanabad” dish with the same decoration of two hares is kept in the Sarikhani Collection (Oliver Watson, Ceramics of Iran, Islamic Pottery from the Sarikhani Collection, Yale University Press, 2020, cat. 17, p.334), 5.5cm x 16cm