A SAMANID CONICAL POTTERY BOWL
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A SAMANID CONICAL POTTERY BOWL

CENTRAL ASIA OR NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY

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A SAMANID CONICAL POTTERY BOWL
CENTRAL ASIA OR NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
On flat foot, the rim with irregular cusped edge, the interior painted under the glaze with two concentric bands of foliated kufic, the centre plain, lobed motifs around the rim, the exterior plain, repaired, slight restoration
10½in. (26.6cm.) diam.
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The inner band of the inscription reads: man ayqana bi'l-khalaf jadahu al-'atiyya (sic.),(He who believes in what follows will excel in generosity). The outer band reads: wa qala al-jud min akhlaq ahl al-janna, (And he said: Generosity is a disposition of the dwellers of Paradise). Both of these proverbs are attributed to the Imam 'Ali.

While both these sayings are found on a number of bowls, it is very unusual to find two of them together on one bowl. Even more unusual is the irregular cusping of the rim. This must be an attempt to copy the Chinese forms which must have been well-known and prized in Iran at the time.

A thermoluminescence test performed by Oxford Authentication, sample no. N107z39 on 26 July 2007 is consistent with the suggested dating.