A CALLIGRAPHIC CONICAL POTTERY BOWL
Lot 46

A CALLIGRAPHIC CONICAL POTTERY BOWL

SAMANID CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY

Closed25 October 2018

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GBP 68,750

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A CALLIGRAPHIC CONICAL POTTERY BOWL
SAMANID CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY
With bold black kufic calligraphy to the rim, a roundel in the centre
10 ½in. (26.8cm.) diam.

London art market, by repute, by the 1980's.

Specialist note

The inscription in elegant kufic also appears in part on two other Samanid dishes sold at Christie's, London, 15 October 2002, lot 15 and 6 October 2011, lot 27. A related dish is in the Louvre Museum, Paris (A.O. no. AA.96).
For a note on Samanid dishes of this type, see lot 44.