SAMANID CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY

The inscription in elegant kufic also appears in part on two other Samanid dishes sold at Christie's, London, 15 October 2002, lot 15 and 6 October 2011, lot 27. A related dish is in the Louvre Museum, Paris (A.O. no. AA.96).
For a note on Samanid dishes of this type, see lot 44.