A NISHAPUR CONICAL POTTERY BOWL
A NISHAPUR CONICAL POTTERY BOWL

NORTH EAST PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY

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A NISHAPUR CONICAL POTTERY BOWL
NORTH EAST PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY
The off-white interior with a bold kufic manganese inscription, the interstices between the letters filled by dotted panels, the centre of the bowl with a roundel containing a quatrefoil issuing scrolling palmettes, a band of zigzag motifs around the rim, the exterior plain, repaired clean breaks
11in. (28cm.) diam.

拍品专文

The inscription translates: "Greed is a manifestation of your poverty". For a different slant on a similar subject, please see lot 75.