Lot 18. A large slip-painted pottery dish, Samarkand, 10th Century; 36.7 cm. diam. Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000 (€ 12,000 - 17,000). © Bonhams 2001-2019

of shallow form on a short foot, rising gently to a slightly everted rim, decorated in manganese and tomato-red on a white ground with a central rosette formed from palmettes and split-palmettes, the rim with a band of inscription in floriated kufic