Lot Essay
The inscriptions read:
Round the rim: al-'izz al-da'im wa al-iqbal al-za'id wa al-farr al-qa'im wa tul al-'umr li-sahibihi (Perpetual Glory and Increasing prosperity and Perpetual Magnificence and Long-life to its owner' followed by a Persian benedictory couplet).
Round the shoulder in Kufic: al-'izz al-'izz al-da['im] [al-nasr] al-ghalib wa al-'izz al-d[a'im] al-daw[la] wa al-baqa al-daw[la] (Glory, Perpetual Glory Triumphant Victory and Perpetual Glory Wealth and Long-life, Wealth).
Round the body, in cursive: A Persian quatrain followed by: al-'izz al-da'im wa al-iqbal al-za'id wa al-farr al-qa'im wa tul al-'umr li-sahibihi (Perpetual Glory and Increasing prosperity and Perpetual Magnificence and Long-life to its owner).
Round the rim: al-'izz al-da'im wa al-iqbal al-za'id wa al-farr al-qa'im wa tul al-'umr li-sahibihi (Perpetual Glory and Increasing prosperity and Perpetual Magnificence and Long-life to its owner' followed by a Persian benedictory couplet).
Round the shoulder in Kufic: al-'izz al-'izz al-da['im] [al-nasr] al-ghalib wa al-'izz al-d[a'im] al-daw[la] wa al-baqa al-daw[la] (Glory, Perpetual Glory Triumphant Victory and Perpetual Glory Wealth and Long-life, Wealth).
Round the body, in cursive: A Persian quatrain followed by: al-'izz al-da'im wa al-iqbal al-za'id wa al-farr al-qa'im wa tul al-'umr li-sahibihi (Perpetual Glory and Increasing prosperity and Perpetual Magnificence and Long-life to its owner).