A FINE MINA'I POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA, 13TH CENTURY

the steep-sided circular form tapering to narrow foot, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and turquoise with overglaze enamel red, black and gilt, the design of chequered cypress tree flanked by two seated figures, each figure with a halo, amidst foliate tendrils, the interior and exterior rim each with a broad band of kufic interrupted by palmettes and birds in roundels

Sotheby's, 16 Oct 1997, lot 31

inscriptions

Around the rim exterior: al-daw[la] 'Wealth'

The rim interior: undeciphered

For a comparable example in the Keir Collection, see Grube 1976, p.203, no.144