Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Step into the world of art at the BRAFA 2024! From 28 January to 4 February, browse a wide range of specialities and open yourself up to new artistic experiences.

BRAFA Art Fair's General Secretary and exquisite rugs and textile specialist, Christian Vrouyr, recommends a must-see medieval Iranian buffware bowl from the Samanid dynasty (874-1005) at Galerie Kevorkian. Discover the vivid yellow polychromy, intricate figurative decorations and a near-cubic treatment of figures.

Connect with the beauty of art and antiques at BRAFA 2024:

🗓️ January 28 - February 4, 2024
📍 Brussels Expo / Heysel - Pl. de Belgique 1
🌐 Learn more: www.brafa.art


Featured: Buff ware bowl' with seated figure, animals and inscriptions. Persian art, Samanid dynasty. Earthenware pottery, painted in black, yellow and green under a transparent glaze. Eastern Iran (Khurasan), Nishapur, 10th century. H 6.2 cm; Ø 18.2 cm. Provenance: former collection P.M., Paris; Hôtel Drouot, 10 July 1980, lot 9. BRAFA 2024 exhibit of Galerie Kevorkian.

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