An Abbasid tin-glazed pottery bowl, Near East, 9th century

with convex flaring sides and everted rim standing on a short foot, decorated in cobalt blue in an opacified tin glaze with a central line of kufic, the rim scalloped border interspersed with dots

breaks and cracks with museum-quality repair, touching in along the lines of the breaks, as viewed
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'amal al-ahwal

'Work of al-Ahwal (the crossed-eyed)'

A similar example is illustrated in the Survey of Persian Art (Pope and Ackermann 1938, vol. 5, pl. 572D). Another sold in these rooms, 18 April 2007, lot 38.