Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
A large Nishapur calligraphic pottery dish, Eastern Persia or Samarqand, 10th century
Auction Closed
March 31, 12:40 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
earthenware of deep form with straight flaring walls, decorated in manganese black on a cream slip ground, the well with a central roundel enclosing a cruciform motif with attached split-palmette scrolls, the walls with a Kufic inscription between minor bands
13.4cm. height; 36cm. diam.
Please note that this lot can be attributed to Eastern Persia or Samarqand.
Sotheby's London, 24 October 2007, lot 76.
inscriptions
‘Generosity is a disposition of the dwellers/people of Paradise. Well-being’
A comparable dish is in the Seattle Art Museum, inv.56.Is26.18. Another dish of similar shape, size and design sold in these rooms, 28 April 2004, lot 76.
‘Generosity is a disposition of the dwellers/people of Paradise. Well-being’
A comparable dish is in the Seattle Art Museum, inv.56.Is26.18. Another dish of similar shape, size and design sold in these rooms, 28 April 2004, lot 76.