LOT 1010 A KHORASAN POTTERY \'BIRD\' BOWL
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Description A KHORASAN POTTERY 'BIRD' BOWLNorthern Persia, 10th-13th century. With deep rounded sides supported on a short foot, the interior painted in blue, red, and yellow on a brown ground, depicting four birds with heart-shaped tails, surrounded by stylized designs, the exterior unpainted.Condition: Good age-related condition with expected wear, firing flaws and few small flakes to the paint.Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.Weight: 709 gDimensions: Diameter 24 cm
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