MESOPOTAMIA, 9TH CENTURY
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A SMALL ABBASID LUSTRE BOWL
MESOPOTAMIA, 9TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with everted rim on short foot, the interior painted with a golden lustre ground around three large reserved roundels each containing the figure of a bird with extended feathers on the head, four simple concentric circles in the interstices, the exterior with dot and dash motifs around three concentric circles, one area of restoration
4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) diam.
MESOPOTAMIA, 9TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with everted rim on short foot, the interior painted with a golden lustre ground around three large reserved roundels each containing the figure of a bird with extended feathers on the head, four simple concentric circles in the interstices, the exterior with dot and dash motifs around three concentric circles, one area of restoration
4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) diam.