A FINE NISHAPUR DISH, the interior painted in black and cream slip under a yellowish glaze with three birds, their heads together in the centre of the dish, the space between them filled with three stylized leaves, abstract geometric shapes and a cusped border along the top, the cream underside painted with eight alternating plant and circle motifs, 10th century (repaired)

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A FINE NISHAPUR DISH, the interior painted in black and cream slip under a yellowish glaze with three birds, their heads together in the centre of the dish, the space between them filled with three stylized leaves, abstract geometric shapes and a cusped border along the top, the cream underside painted with eight alternating plant and circle motifs, 10th century (repaired)
10¼in. (26cm.) diam.