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Lot 45

A Samanid calligraphic slip-painted pottery Bowl
East Persia, 10th Century

2 April 2009, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A Samanid calligraphic slip-painted pottery Bowl
East Persia, 10th Century

composed of fragments mounted to form a bowl, painted in manganese on a white ground with inscriptions in kufic
33.5 cm. diam.

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Inscriptions in kufic probably consist of: wa ma kathir alfa alf musahib wa an,.. al-kathic, ‘And what is abundant is an intimate companion and if …. it is abundant’.

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