A very fine and rare ceramic bowl with deep everted sides. The interior decorated with a fine band of elongated and arabesque Kufic bearing blessings and good-wishes, painted in dark-brown against a manganese-purple ground, covered with a fine translucent glaze.
Samarkand or Nishapur
9th- 10th Century
Height: 8.2cm
Diameter: 25.8cm
cf: Victoria & Albert Museum
British Museum, London
Inscriptions on Nishapur Pottery, A. Ghouchani, pl.14
