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A Samanid slip-painted calligraphic pottery bowl Nishapur or Samarkand, 10th Century image 1
A Samanid slip-painted calligraphic pottery bowl Nishapur or Samarkand, 10th Century image 2
Property from the collection of Qajar Prince, Bahram Mirza "Sardar-I-Massoud"
Lot 31R

A Samanid slip-painted calligraphic pottery bowl
Nishapur or Samarkand, 10th Century

23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,584 inc. premium

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A Samanid slip-painted calligraphic pottery bowl
Nishapur or Samarkand, 10th Century

of conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese on a cream ground with a band of inscriptions in kufic, central dot to well
24.1 cm. diam. max.

Footnotes

Provenance
The Collection of Bahram Mirza "Sardar-i-Massoud" (1885-1916), Paris, thence by descent.

Inscriptions: a repeat of al-jannah, 'Paradise'.

For a slightly smaller calligraphic bowl from Nishapur sold at Christie's, see Islamic Arts and Manuscripts, 26 April 2005, lot 8.

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