Live Auction 5744Art and Textiles of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Works from The Collection of the Late Simon Digby
A GREEN-SPLASHED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY DISH
Lot 152

A GREEN-SPLASHED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY DISH

PROBABLY NISHAPUR, IRAN, 9TH/10TH CENTURY

Closed8 April 2011

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GBP 3,250

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A GREEN-SPLASHED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY DISH
PROBABLY NISHAPUR, IRAN, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Of rounded form on short flat foot, with six green splashes, the black kufic inscription reading ghibta (delight)
9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam.

Specialist note

This Iranian bowl is inspired by a type of Abbasid opaque white glazed bowls produced in Basra, Iraq, itself copying Chinese examples. Unlike most examples where inscriptions are illegible, the word delight, or felicity (ghibta) can be read on our bowl.