Lot 62. A signed Abbasid slip-painted calligraphic pottery bowl, Mesopotamia, 9th century; 21 cm. diam . Estimate: £ 6,000 - 8,000 (€ 6,600 - 8,800) . Courtesy Bonhams. of deep rounded form on a short foot with everted rim, decorated in cobalt blue on...

A Samanid slip-painted calligraphic pottery Bowl, Persia, 10th Century. Sold for £3,125 (€4,290). Photo: Bonhams. decorated in cream and brown slip with inscriptions - 24.5 cm. diam. Note: I nscriptions: al-'ilm ashraf al-ahsab ... wa al-[murr]owah ash[bak]...