TWO NISHAPUR POTTERY BOWLS NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
TWO NISHAPUR POTTERY BOWLS
NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
Of conical form on short foot, the white ground decorated under the glaze with manganese and ochre pigments, one with a band of thick kufic with heavy serifs below a dotted rim, the other with three abstract lancets between brown pseudo-kufic motifs, both with plain exteriors, the larger broken and reassembled with associated restoration, the smaller intact
9 ½in. (24.1cm.) and 7 ¾in. (19.7cm.) diam.
Provenance
The larger excavated Village Tepe, Nishapur, before 1949; the smaller Gurgan, 1946
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TWO NISHAPUR POTTERY BOWLS
NORTH EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY
Of conical form on short foot, the white ground decorated under the glaze with manganese and ochre pigments, one with a band of thick kufic with heavy serifs below a dotted rim, the other with three abstract lancets between brown pseudo-kufic motifs, both with plain exteriors, the larger broken and reassembled with associated restoration, the smaller intact
9 ½in. (24.1cm.) and 7 ¾in. (19.7cm.) diam.
Provenance
The larger excavated Village Tepe, Nishapur, before 1949; the smaller Gurgan, 1946
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