A FINE NISHAPUR BLACK AND WHITE GLAZED CONICAL BOWL on short foot, the white interior plain save an extremely delicately deliniated black kufic inscription, the exterior plain white, 10th century (repaired, negligible restoration)

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A FINE NISHAPUR BLACK AND WHITE GLAZED CONICAL BOWL on short foot, the white interior plain save an extremely delicately deliniated black kufic inscription, the exterior plain white, 10th century (repaired, negligible restoration)
8¼in. (20.8cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The inscription reads,'al-jud min akhlaq ahl al-janna', which translates to 'Generosity is one of the virtues of the people of paradise'. For other examples and versions of the adage contained in this inscription, see Bolshakov, O.G.'Arabic inscriptions in glazed ceramics of Central Asia, IX-XII century, III - Aphoristic inscriptions, (in Russian) Epigrafica Vostoka, Moscow-Leningrad XVI, 1963, pp.37-46

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