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Cast
bowl, convex bottom, convex body, straight rim
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Khorasan
12th century AD
Height: 12.7 cm (5.08 in)
Rim diameter: 26.6 cm (10.64 in)
Decoration: Inner body and bottom is decorated
with concentric circles, consecutive combined
half-circles and large and small dotted
circles.
Outside decoration includes:
First row: On background of dense scrolls, an
inscription in Naskh script
Second row: Alternating inverted hatched triangles
Third row: 12 circles made up of 2 twirling
ribbons, set on background of scrolls, frame the
signs of Zodiac
Fourth row: Procession of animals, some looking
back, on background of vine scrolls.
Patina: Glossy black patches and mainly wart-like
green, brown and reddish brown corrosion. |
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