NISHAPUR POTTERY DISH WITH PSEUDO INSCRIPTIONS

Ca. AD 900 - 1000 A Nishapur glazed pottery bowl with white background and decorated with black pseudo inscription in the top of the walls. The body has a conical shape and seats on a short discoid foot. The Nishapur production was one of the most important of ninth century for all of the mediterranean area. This production was the Islamic dynasties' response to the growing demand for luxury goods from a market developed through the new collaborations between Islam and Christianity. For similar see: Nishapur, pottery of the early islamic period, p. 110 n. 1 and 2
Size: 40mm x 130mm; Weight: 130g
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market since the 1970s.

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Estimate: GBP 150 - 300