Lot 8
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A NISHAPUR MOULDED TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY MIHRAB
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A NISHAPUR MOULDED TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY MIHRAB

IRAN, 12TH CENTURY

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A NISHAPUR MOULDED TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY MIHRAB
IRAN, 12TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, the central panel with a hexagonal lattice flanked by columns of meandering vine below the arched tympanum containing scrolling vine within a border of kufic inscription bands, the spandrels with scrolling vine, in a border of finely worked naskh on a spiralling vine ground, areas of silvery iridescence, repaired clean break
14 x 10¾in. (35.5 x 27.3cm.)
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Lot Essay

The inscriptions are as follows:
In the border: Qur'an, surah al-ikhlas (cxii)
In the arch: Arabic, undeciphered, neither Qur'anic nor historic.
The Kufic band:al-mulk li'llah (Sovereignty is God's)

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