A Nishapur calligraphic pottery bowl, Persia, 10th century
Auction Closed
April 24, 03:45 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of truncated conical form with steep flaring walls on a low slightly everted foot, decorated in black with a radial band of Kufic below the rim and a central dot
29.2cm. diam.
inscriptions:
al-jurr li-jurr [al-hurr hurr] wa an massahu al-darr [darr]
'The noble man is free [even] if touched by harm'
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Sotheby's, London, 24 October 2007, lot 72
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