A SAMANID CONICAL POTTERY BOWL, PROBABLY SAMARKAND, CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY A SAMANID CONICAL POTTERY BOWL, PROBABLY SAMARKAND, CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY A SAMANID CONICAL POTTERY BOWL, PROBABLY SAMARKAND, CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY A SAMANID CONICAL POTTERY BOWL, PROBABLY SAMARKAND, CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY

A SAMANID CONICAL POTTERY BOWL, PROBABLY SAMARKAND, CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3002926

Of conical form on short foot, the white interior with a central dot surrounded by a minor sepia band and an elegant kufic inscription in dark sepia, the rim with a band of circles on cream ground surrounded by minor red lines and an outer band of sepia cusped design, the exterior plain white, glaze flaking around the rim. 32 cm. diam. 12 cm. height