AN ABBASID LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL

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AN ABBASID LUSTRE POTTERY BOWL
MESOPOTAMIA, 9TH CENTURY

Of rounded form with everted rim on short foot, the lustre interior painted leaving four bold radiating drop motifs outlined in plain white bands, dividing four roundels , the white ground of each filled with rows of circles containing dot motifs, the exterior with large concentric roundels containing circles of small chevrons on a ground of dot and dash motifs, the underside of the foot with a kufic inscription, repaired, slight restoration
11¼in. (28.4cm.) diam.