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LOT 1317

Nishapur Cream-Glazed Calligraphic Bowl

10TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.

6 3/4 in. (324 grams, 17.2 cm wide).

Funnel-shaped with stepped foot, cream-glazed inner face with bold orange Kufic script motif; repaired. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private family collection of Ersula Barter-Hemmerich, the longest serving member of staff working at the United Nations, her private collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s; thence by descent to her grandson.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1317

Nishapur Cream-Glazed Calligraphic Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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