A SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY DISH, PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3008313

Of shallow rounded form on a short foot, decorated in manganese on a cream ground with a band of inscription to the rim.
24.5 cm. diam.

Inscriptions: [al-ju]d min akhlaq ahl al-[ja]nnah..., 'Generosity is a disposition of dwellers of Paradise'.