Lot Essay
The inscription reads: al-hurru hurrun wa 'in massahul'l-durr, ("The free man is free, even if touched by harm".)
This saying of the imam 'Ali occurs on a number of slip-painted wares of Nishapur (Goushani, A: Inscriptions on Nishapur Pottery, Teheran, 1986, nos.1, 21, 35, 50, 63, 91, 109 and 131).
This saying of the imam 'Ali occurs on a number of slip-painted wares of Nishapur (Goushani, A: Inscriptions on Nishapur Pottery, Teheran, 1986, nos.1, 21, 35, 50, 63, 91, 109 and 131).