A Kashan Bowl painted with concentric decoration and inscriptions, Persia, Early 13th century

of truncated conical form on a vertical foot, painted in shades of cobalt blue and black under a transparent glaze, the central roundel divided into six sections with palmette motifs, the cavetto with a row of seaweed designs between two bands of calligraphy, the exterior with an alternating floral stem and leafy scroll

Perpetual Glory. Medieval Islamic Ceramics From The Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007.

O. Pancaroglu, Perpetual Glory. Medieval Islamic Ceramics From The Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007, p.103, no.60.

In good condition, broken with associated repair, including some overpainting, some areas of rubbing on surface, areas of iridescence to exterior, as viewed.
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inscriptions

Around the upper and lower bands:

Verses in Persian, including some by the poet, Sayyid Ashraf Ghaznavi, who wrote panegyric verses for the Ghaznavid sultan Bahram Shah, and the Seljuq sultans, Mas'ud, Sanjar, Kaykhusraw and Malikshah (see Pancaroglu 2007, pp.103 and 137).