A Rare Pair of Nishapur or Samarqand pottery bowls with inscriptions, Eastern Persia or Transoxiana, 10th century - Sothebys

comprising two bowls, each of truncated conical form with flared, straight edges, composed of earthenware painted in manganese-black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, each with four lines of inscription near the rim, the exterior plain. Quantity: 2. Each: 21cm. diam. 7.4 and 7.3cm. height. Estimate: 15,000 - 25,000 GBP. Unsold

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Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World. London | 03 Oct 2012 www.sothebys.com