Bonhams 1793 : Three Samanid pottery Bowls Persia, 10th Century(3)

comprising two Nishapur "imitation lustre" bowls of conical form decorated in olive green on a cream ground, the first with a cruciform design with a bird surrounded by stylised flowerheads; the second with five birds surrounded by a band of inscription; and a slip-painted pottery bowl with curved sides and inverted rim decorated in "yellow-staining black" with a cruciform design containing circles on a hatched ground, the exterior with a band of stylised flower heads and hatching
the largest 26 cm. diam.(3)

Sold for £625 inc. premium