A small Nishapur calligraphic dish, Central Asia, 10th century
of shallow form on a short neatly-turned foot, painted in coloured slips with two lines of calligraphy enclosed in cloud cartouches with red-line borders against a dotted ground with a double-line border below the rim
12.9cm.
inscriptions
A suggested reading:
al-jamal fi'l- ... wa al-sabr dallahu
‘Beauty is in … and patience has guided it.’
Condition Report:
Broken and restored, with associated repainting along the break lines, minor pitting, craquelure throughout, as viewed.
Provenance:
Sotheby's, London, 9 April 2008, lot 10, 'The Property of a European Private Collector'
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of shallow form on a short neatly-turned foot, painted in coloured slips with two lines of calligraphy enclosed in cloud cartouches with red-line borders against a dotted ground with a double-line border below the rim
12.9cm.
inscriptions
A suggested reading:
al-jamal fi'l- ... wa al-sabr dallahu
‘Beauty is in … and patience has guided it.’
Condition Report:
Broken and restored, with associated repainting along the break lines, minor pitting, craquelure throughout, as viewed.
Provenance:
Sotheby's, London, 9 April 2008, lot 10, 'The Property of a European Private Collector'
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