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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East Persia, 10th Century
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.
33.5 cm. diam.
Footnotes
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’.