NORTH EAST PERSIA, 10TH/11TH CENTURY
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THREE NISHAPUR CONICAL BOWLS
NORTH EAST PERSIA, 10TH/11TH CENTURY
One flaring at the rim, the white interior with a central black roundel with reserved bird surrounded by a broad band of a wide variety of stylised animals executed in black and yellow with occasional green highlights, the exterior with alternating lobed motifs, repaired; the second of the 'Sari' group, the cream ground with four radiating rust-red, light green and manganese spade palmettes divided by small roundels issuing from a central roundel, the exterior plain, repaired; the third with pinkish ground painted loosely with a bold flying bird, a bands of triangles around the rim, one area of restoration
9in. (24.2cm.), 7.3/8in. (18.8cm.) and 6in. (17cm.) diam. (3)
NORTH EAST PERSIA, 10TH/11TH CENTURY
One flaring at the rim, the white interior with a central black roundel with reserved bird surrounded by a broad band of a wide variety of stylised animals executed in black and yellow with occasional green highlights, the exterior with alternating lobed motifs, repaired; the second of the 'Sari' group, the cream ground with four radiating rust-red, light green and manganese spade palmettes divided by small roundels issuing from a central roundel, the exterior plain, repaired; the third with pinkish ground painted loosely with a bold flying bird, a bands of triangles around the rim, one area of restoration
9in. (24.2cm.), 7.3/8in. (18.8cm.) and 6in. (17cm.) diam. (3)