Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
A large bowl with an inscription in floriated Kufic, Eastern Persia or Transoxiana, 10th/11th century
Auction Closed
March 30, 12:47 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of deep rounded form on a low foot, with flaring sides, the earthenware body decorated with white slip with a tall band of dark brown Kufic calligraphy and small red dots
33cm. diam.
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inscriptions
'Fear [God]‘
The inner rim bears a geometrical band with a brick motif, similar to the one found on a bowl formerly in the Plotnick Collection, Chicago, published in Pancaroglu 2007, p.68, no.26.