A Nishapur slip-painted pottery Bowl Persia, 10th Century
of conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese on a cream ground with a band of kufic inscription and a central roundel with stylized vegetal motif 21.3 cm. diam.
Sold for
£780
inc. premium
Footnotes
Provenance: Private US collection; formerly in the Gluck Collection.
Published: Okayama Orient Museum, The Slip Painted Ware of Iran, Okayama, 1994, pl. 26.
The inscription consists of a repetition of the word 'Blessing'.