A FINE PERSIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED BOWL with rounded base, vertical sides and small everted rim on short foot, the exterior carved under the glaze with a broad band of scrolling vine around a bold kufic honourific inscription, a band of lobes below, the interior plain glazed, circa 1200 (repaired, very minor restoration)
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A FINE PERSIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED BOWL with rounded base, vertical sides and small everted rim on short foot, the exterior carved under the glaze with a broad band of scrolling vine around a bold kufic honourific inscription, a band of lobes below, the interior plain glazed, circa 1200 (repaired, very minor restoration)
7in. (17.6cm.) diam.
Lot Essay
The continuous inscription reads: w'al-sa'ada w'al-'izz w'al-iqbal w'al-dawla (and happiness and glory and prosperity and good fortune)