Lot 95. A large slip-painted pottery Bowl, Samarkand, 9th Century, 33.4 cm. diam. Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 (€9,300 - 14,000). Photo: Bonhams. 

of deep rounded form with slightly everted rim on a short foot, decorated in manganese, mustard yellow and tomato red on a cream ground with an inscription to the well interspersed by palmette motifs, above and below further inscriptions surmounted by knot motifs   

Note: Inscriptions: repeat of a word, possibly al-yumn, 'Good-fortune'. 

Bonhams. ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART, 25 Apr 2017, 11:00 BST, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET