Description
Eastern Iran, Nichapur, 10th century A clay bowl decorated with brown slip over beige slip depicting a long-horned quadruped in profile. On the rim is a long frieze of a highly stylised inscription in kufic script, probably the repetition of a word. Condition: fractures, small cracks and repaints Diameter: 20 cm Provenance: - Private collection, France; then transmitted by descent Expert: Laure Soustiel
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Eastern Iran, Nichapur, 10th century A clay bowl decorated with brown slip over beige slip depicting a long-horned quadruped in profile. On the rim is a long frieze of a highly stylised inscription in kufic script, probably the repetition of a word. Condition: fractures, small cracks and repaints Diameter: 20 cm Provenance: - Private collection, France; then transmitted by descent Expert: Laure Soustiel