Lot Essay
A closely related bowl, although showing fewer ligatures between the kufic letters is in the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, London, 2004, p.217, cat.Ga.16).
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EASTERN IRANIAN WORLD, 11TH CENTURY
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A SAMANID CALLIGRAPHIC CONICAL POTTERY BOWL
EASTERN IRANIAN WORLD, 11TH CENTURY
On short flat foot, the incised black slip-painted decoration on cream ground, the cavetto decorated with an inscription in bold foliated kufic script, with numerous upstrokes interlocking and forming geometric motifs, some over dotted ground, the rim with black line, repaired breaks, some restorations
11 1/8in. (28.3cm.) diam.
EASTERN IRANIAN WORLD, 11TH CENTURY
On short flat foot, the incised black slip-painted decoration on cream ground, the cavetto decorated with an inscription in bold foliated kufic script, with numerous upstrokes interlocking and forming geometric motifs, some over dotted ground, the rim with black line, repaired breaks, some restorations
11 1/8in. (28.3cm.) diam.
Provenance
Asian market, 1970s.
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