Lot Essay
The inscription reads: al-jud min akhlaq ahl al-janna (Generosity is a disposition of the dwellers of Paradise)
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PROBABLY SAMARKAND, CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY
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A SAMANID CONICAL POTTERY BOWL
PROBABLY SAMARKAND, CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY
On short foot, the white interior with a very elegant kufic inscription, the interstices filled with small panels containing red and black dotted motifs, the central roundel with a similarly worked palmette within a square outline, zigzags around the rim, the exterior plain white, repaired clean breaks, glaze flaking around rim
8½in. (21.4cm.) diam.
PROBABLY SAMARKAND, CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY
On short foot, the white interior with a very elegant kufic inscription, the interstices filled with small panels containing red and black dotted motifs, the central roundel with a similarly worked palmette within a square outline, zigzags around the rim, the exterior plain white, repaired clean breaks, glaze flaking around rim
8½in. (21.4cm.) diam.
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