A SMALL SAMARKAND CONICAL POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY
The white interior plain save for a four-part extremely elegant kufic inscription, the centre with a small dot, the exterior plain white, repaired clean breaks, glaze chips on rim
5in. (12.7cm.) diam.
Lot Essay
The inscription can be read as 'tajdidan' (renewal). The same inscription was on a massive Samarkand pottery bowl sold in these Rooms, 23 April 1996, lot 172.