THREE SAMANID CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY BOWLS
NISHAPUR, EASTERN IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
Each with brown slip painted decoration around the cavetto over white ground, one 'signed' Ahmad in its centre and inscribed baraka wa yumn wa surur wa sa('a)da wa sala(ma), one with stylized bird in its centre
9 7/8in. (25.3cm.) diam. (max.) (3)
THREE SAMANID CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY BOWLS
NISHAPUR, EASTERN IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
Each with brown slip painted decoration around the cavetto over white ground, one 'signed' Ahmad in its centre and inscribed baraka wa yumn wa surur wa sa('a)da wa sala(ma), one with stylized bird in its centre
9 7/8in. (25.3cm.) diam. (max.) (3)
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