A Kashan lustre bowl with stylised vegetal decoration and inscriptions, Persia, Early 13th century

the fritware body painted in a deep golden lustre on an opaque white glaze, the central medallion featuring a stellar pattern surrounded by a plain band and a calligraphic band reserved against a lustre ground, the deep cavetto with stylised entwining foliate motifs on a scroll ground, the rim with a calligraphic band also reserved against lustre

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.116, no.73.

Intact, in good condition, golden lustre bright, traces of iridescence to exterior, very minor chip and light abrasion to external edge, as viewed.
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inscriptions

In Arabic, around the rim:
'...Perpetual glory and increasing prosperity and constant splendor and grateful ... and long life to its owner.'

The inscription around the inner base is undeciphered.