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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A NISHAPUR FIGURAL POTTERY BOWL
NORTH-EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
Details
A NISHAPUR FIGURAL POTTERY BOWL
NORTH-EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
With rounded profile and on short flat base, with sloping rim, the slip painted decoration on cream ground with a large bird bordered with
reserved stylized palmettes, the rim decorated with the word baraka (benediction) repeated in kufic script, the exterior with pseudo-kufic inscriptions and stylized palmettes, repaired breaks
9¼in. (23.4cm.) diam.
NORTH-EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
With rounded profile and on short flat base, with sloping rim, the slip painted decoration on cream ground with a large bird bordered with
reserved stylized palmettes, the rim decorated with the word baraka (benediction) repeated in kufic script, the exterior with pseudo-kufic inscriptions and stylized palmettes, repaired breaks
9¼in. (23.4cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 19 September 1989, Lot 266
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