Art Islamique/Islamic art

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 PROPERTY FROM THE HARVEY B.... [Lire la suite]

A fine and large Nishapur or Samarqand Jug with Kufic inscription, Eastern Persia or Central Asia, 10th century - Sotheby's the body of cylindrical form with a tall, flaring neck and mouth, curved handle, earthenware painted in manganese black on a white slip ground with a foliated Kufic inscription around the body; 23.4cm. Lot Sold: 25,000 GBP inscriptions: Repetition of possibly: :itiqq ‘Fear God!’ Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World. London | 03 Oct 2012 www.sothebys.com

Jug with Kufic Inscription, Samanid period, Nishapur or Samarkand, 819-1005. 2002.50.91. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art © 2009 President and Fellows of Harvard College  Reddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron) under clear lead glaze with handle: H. 10.6 x W. 12.2 x D. 9.4 cm (4 3/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 11/16 in.). Diam. of rim: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.).   Among the most impressive... [Lire la suite]

Bowl with epigraphic decoration, Iran, 10th century. Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford earthenware, with slip decoration in white on black, under a transparent glaze; 8.7 cm (height), 16 cm (diameter).   

 Bowl. Probably Samarkand, Central Asia, 4th century AH/10th century CE Slip-painted earthenware with Arabic inscription reading “If ignorance turns the heart of a man it will destroy his wealth and his health”; 20.9 cm diameter; 6.3 cm high

Bowl. Eastern Iran, Nishapur or Samarkand, 10th century. Inv. no. 22/1974. The David Collection Earthenware covered with a white slip and painted in a brown and red slip under a transparent glaze. H: 10; Diam: 27 cm.  “He who believes in a reward [from God] is generous with gifts,” reads the Arab saying on this bowl. It is difficult to read the phrase, which begins with the four dots, because the exceedingly elegant Kufi calligraphy is interwoven and knotted and also embellished with a variety of... [Lire la suite]

Bowl with epigraphic decoration, Iran, 10th century. Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. © 2011 University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum Earthenware, with slip decoration in black on white, under a transparent glaze. H: 4 cm, D: 13.2 cm

Bowl with Kufic Calligraphy, Greater Khurasan, Northeast Iran, 10th century. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.8. Creative Commons-BY  earthenware, painted in brown slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze; 5 1/16 x 16 3/4 in. (12.9 x 42.5 cm).  The Arabic inscription on this bowl reads, “Planning before work protects from regrets; patience is the key to comfort.”

Bowl Inscribed with a Saying of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib', Nishapur, Iran, Samanid period,  819-1005.  2002.50.83. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art Reddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron) under clear lead glaze, 6.1 x 21.5 cm (2 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.).  Written around the rim of this bowl in a “new style” Kufic, with ascenders deflected abruptly to the left, is an epigram in Arabic attributed to Ali ibn... [Lire la suite]

Bowl with epigraphic and vegetal decoration, Northeastern Iran or Transoxiana, 10th century. Earthenware with white slip covering and decoration in pigments under a transparent glaze, 3 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.1 x 22.5 cm). The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky (M.73.5.199). Art of the Middle East: Islamic Department. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)