A NISHAPUR BOWL

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25.04.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 10 | A NISHAPUR BOWL
A NISHAPUR BOWL

NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY

Of conical form, the white ground decorated under the glaze in red, yellow, and brown, the central roundel containing ornamental kufic within a red knotted border, the cavetto asymmetrically decorated with foliate motifs and further ornamental kufic, the exterior with small brown dashes at rim, otherwise plain, repaired breaks, minor areas of restoration

12 1⁄8in. (30.2cm.) diam.





Provenance

Excavated Tepe Alp Arslan, Nishapur, before 1949



Inscribed

In the centre, yumn 'Good fortune'
Around the border repeated bi'l-yumn, 'With good fortune'
In the panel, repeated combinations of the letters alif, lam, ya', mim, nun



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