A SYRIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED CONICAL POTTERY BOWL, the interior painted in black under the glaze with a central design of four fish with abstract motifs, the sides with stylized chintamani, the border with a broad band of black scrolling vine around a thuluth inscription interrupted by arabesque cartouches, a band of inverted stylised ducks below, the exterior with groups of three simple black splashes, probably Damascus, circa 14th century (very minor chips to glaze, otherwise intact)

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A SYRIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED CONICAL POTTERY BOWL, the interior painted in black under the glaze with a central design of four fish with abstract motifs, the sides with stylized chintamani, the border with a broad band of black scrolling vine around a thuluth inscription interrupted by arabesque cartouches, a band of inverted stylised ducks below, the exterior with groups of three simple black splashes, probably Damascus, circa 14th century (very minor chips to glaze, otherwise intact)
9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam.

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The inscription reads 'al-'izz w'al-iqbal w'al-dawla w'al-salama w'al-sa'ada' (glory, prosperity, good fortune, peace and happiness [to the owner]).

The benedictory rather than honorific form of this inscription indicates a date in the 13th not 14th century

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