A Nishapur calligraphic plate, PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY

of shallow form, decorated in dark brown, ochre and turquoise-green on a cream slip ground, the central kufic inscription enclosed in a decorative polygonal shape and encircled by a further band of kufic script, surmounted by a scrolling foliate motif



 

inscriptions

Round the base:
al-wafa 'aziz wa al-jafa mujud

'Loyalty is rare and cruelty ready at hand'

In the centre:
baraka

'Blessing'