Bowl, with everted sides, decorated with a fine band of angular kufic inscription around the inner border, painted in manganese-brown against an opaque-white ground.
AKM839, Black-and-White Bowl with Arabic Inscription

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Black-and-White Bowl with Arabic Inscription
  • Accession Number:AKM839
  • Place:Iran, Nishapur
  • Dimensions:7 cm x 25 cm
  • Date:10th century
  • Materials and Technique:earthenware, white slip with black-slip decoration under a transparent glaze

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