A NISHAPUR ROUNDED BOWL with everted rim on short foot, the brilliant yellow interior with a primitively drawn design of scattered flowerheads, stylised kufic and a deer around three figures of soldiers with pointed helmets holding arms and shields, the exterior with radiating yellow and green lines divided by finely drawn black chevron panels, 10th century (very slight breaks, rim with slight restoration)

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A NISHAPUR ROUNDED BOWL with everted rim on short foot, the brilliant yellow interior with a primitively drawn design of scattered flowerheads, stylised kufic and a deer around three figures of soldiers with pointed helmets holding arms and shields, the exterior with radiating yellow and green lines divided by finely drawn black chevron panels, 10th century (very slight breaks, rim with slight restoration)
7¼in. (18.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The design of this dish is extremely unusual in that it is not enclosed witin a border, giving the impression of lacking a band around the exterior. A close examination shows the present composition to be in its original form.

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