IRAN. Bowl on a small heel in siliceous ceramic with polychrome minaï decoration, enhanced with gold, of two figures on either side of a cypress tree, the reverse decorated with pseudo-epigraphy (restorations and repaints, small missing parts). Seljuk art, 12th-13th century. Diameter: 16 cm Old collector's labels. Provenance: Collection of Monsieur Paul A. (1899-1976), former director of the Chalcographie du Louvre, founder and then president of Presses Universitaires de France from 1934 to 1968. Appraisal by Madame Laure SOUSTIEL - 06 09 47 27 31 - lauresoustiel@wanadoo.fr