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Hammered
plate, convex bottom, flat flaring rim
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Khorasan
13th century AD
Height: 3.1 cm (1.24 in)
Diameter: 25.4 cm (10.16 in)
Decoration: Inside display a row of vegetal
patterns and vertical lines similar to decorative
Kufic script framed within cartouches, separated
by 8 circular medallions. On the bottom surface,
sun is depicted amid a row of irregular circles
and a torsade of jagged lines. Four palm leaves,
each with bird depicted in different pose as its
tip, decorate the wall of the plate, alternately
with 4 medallions. Large and small circles are
incised in the intervals between these patterns.
Patina: The plate is more heavily corroded on
the outside, appearing in glossy black patches and
wart-like green corrosion. |
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