Lot Essay
A Ghaznavid steatite cylindrical cup with very similar decoration below a band of kufic script was sold in these Rooms 12 October 1999, lot 328.
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NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
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A NISHAPUR GREY SCHIST FRAGMENT
NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
The cover from a rectangular box, the face carved with a central panel of two intersecting arcs filled with drilled circles forming panels with floral designs, in a border of stylised kufic with the words basmallah........ [j]a'far ... Muhammad", the sides with drilled concentric circles, the underside carved with a lip
4¼ x 4 3/8in. (10.7 x 11.1cm.)
NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
The cover from a rectangular box, the face carved with a central panel of two intersecting arcs filled with drilled circles forming panels with floral designs, in a border of stylised kufic with the words basmallah........ [j]a'far ... Muhammad", the sides with drilled concentric circles, the underside carved with a lip
4¼ x 4 3/8in. (10.7 x 11.1cm.)
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