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LOT 0872
Western Asiatic Slip-Painted Calligraphic Ceramic Bowl
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
8 7/8 in. (607 grams, 22.5 cm wide).
Conical ceramic bowl with low foot, slip-painted with chestnut brown band to the rim, three calligraphic panels to the inner face with interstitial red and black rosettes; 'Samarkand' ware.
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.
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LOT 0872
Western Asiatic Slip-Painted Calligraphic Ceramic Bowl
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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