Samarkand Ware Calligraphic Ceramic Bowl

CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.

8 5/8 in. (620 grams, 22 cm diameter).

Conical with low foot, slip-painted with chestnut brown band to the rim, three calligraphic panels to the inner face below the rim with interstitial red and black rosettes. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the Steel family collection, 1950s-late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Lane, A., Early Islamic Pottery: Mesopotamia, Egypt & Persia, London, 1947, pl.15, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 1073