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...

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...