Lot 399 A LARGE NISHAPUR POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA 10TH CENTURY
Reference: ART3008495
Of shallow, flaring form on a short foot, the buff earthenware body covered in a pale slip and transparent glaze. The interior is decorated in manganese and slip-painted pigments with a continuous band of stylized Kufic inscription reading bi’l-yumn (“with good fortune”), interspersed with abstract motifs and roundels, centered by a circular medallion. The exterior left plain, the surface now softly mottled with age. Diameter: 29.5 cm Height: 10 cm