A Nishapur Bowl with an armed figure, Eastern Persia, 10th century

of deep round form with a slightly everted rim, on a short foot, painted in black slip and yellow and green under a transparent glaze, featuring a figure running with a dagger in one hand and shield in the other, the exterior with alternating green and yellow stylised palms

Croisier Collection, Switzerland

Perpetual Glory. Medieval Islamic Ceramics From The Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007, p.81.

Islam et art figuratif, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, 1984, p.18, no.18.
Hali, Tapetes orientales y arte islamico, Mexico, 1994, p.22, no.59.
Le vert et le brun, de Kairouan å Avignon, céramiques du Xe au XVe siècle, Marseille, Paris, pp.8, 66-67, no.10.
Céramiques du monde musulman, Institut du monde arabe, Paris, 1999, p.119.

In good condition, area of cavetto with shield restored, some restoration and overpainting also to another smaller section of cavetto, minor chips on rim, as viewed.
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inscriptions

In Kufic, possibly: baraka  'Blessing'