Iran

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 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 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]

Dish, Iran or Afghanistan, 10th century, Samanid period. Earthenware painted under glaze. Size: H: 3.6 W: 21.0 cm. Museum Code: F1965.27. Freer and the Sackler (Smithsonian) Museums. Among the most distinct and impressive examples of Persian ceramics are a group produced during the reign of the Samanids (819-1005) in Khurasan in northeastern Iran, present-day Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. These vessels are embellished with inscriptions, usually in the form of a moralizing proverb. The inscription on this small... [Lire la suite]

Dish with inscription in floriated Kufic script, Iran or Uzbekistan, 900-1000. Museum no. C.66-1967. Victoria & Albert Museum © V&A Images.

Bowl, Iran, 10th century CE. Height 12.7 cms; D: 34.3 cms. Accession number AKM00728. The Aga Khan Museum © Copyright Aga Khan Museum This bowl is a fine example of the pieces produced by workshops in Khurasan and Transoxiana in the ninth and tenth centuries, a period when Samarqand, Nishapur and Bukhara, under the rule of the Samanid governors, were prosperous economic and cultural centres. Decorative inscriptions, on ceramics in particular, underwent a transformation during this time. The... [Lire la suite]

Bowl, Iran, 12th-13th century CE, fritware, with moulded decoration and blue and purple under a transparent glaze, 25 cm. Accession number AKM00551. The Aga Khan Museum © Copyright Aga Khan Museum This object belongs to a distinct group of ceramics known as “Bamiyan” wares. Its ceramic make-up is characterised by a particularly fragile frit fabric that results in several cracks during firing, and the decoration tends to include moulded linear designs and inscriptions in low relief under a transparent... [Lire la suite]

Dish With Inscription. Iran, Samanid, 9th-10th century CE. Earthenware, white slip with black and red slip decoration under a transparent glaze, 34.9 cm.  Accession number AKM00546. The Aga Khan Museum © Copyright Aga Khan Museum This bowl is a fine example of ceramic wares produced in the workshops of Khurasan and Transoxiana during the ninth and tenth centuries, the period during which Samarqand, Nishapur, and Bukhara enjoyed economic and cultural prosperity under the Persian... [Lire la suite]

Bowl With Inscription. Iran, Samanid, 9th-10th century CE. Ceramic; earthenware, black slip with white slip decoration under a transparent glaze, 33.5 cm. Accession number AKM00545. The Aga Khan Museum © Copyright Aga Khan Museum Plat à décor épigraphique sur fond noir; Asie centrale, Xe siècle; Céramique argileuse engobée, décor d'engobe sous glaçure transparente incolore; D. : 33.5 cm. The Aga Khan Museum © 2007 The Aga Khan Development Network This bowl is a fine... [Lire la suite]

Vase. Iran, Samanid, 10th century CE. Ceramic; earthenware, white slip with black slip decoration under a transparent glaze. Height 19.8 cm. Accession number AKM00544. The Aga Khan Museum © Copyright Aga Khan Museum This vase is a fine example of ceramic wares produced in the workshops of Khurasan and Transoxiana during the ninth and tenth centuries, the period during which Samarqand, Nishapur, and Bukhara enjoyed economic and cultural prosperity under the Persian Samanid rulers... [Lire la suite]