A LARGE POTTERY BOWL, SAMANID, CENTRAL ASIA OR NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY A LARGE POTTERY BOWL, SAMANID, CENTRAL ASIA OR NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY A LARGE POTTERY BOWL, SAMANID, CENTRAL ASIA OR NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY A LARGE POTTERY BOWL, SAMANID, CENTRAL ASIA OR NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY

A LARGE POTTERY BOWL, SAMANID, CENTRAL ASIA OR NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3002929

Earthenware with white slip, painted with brown manganese colored clay, under transparent glaze. A refined and symmetrical decoration expands in the four directions. The two main motifs are elaborate dark red and brown palmettes, balanced by the inscription and by the leaf motifs between the two. 40.5 cm. diam. 15 cm. height