A Nishapur slip-painted pottery Bowl Persia, 10th Century
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'.

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art


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