DESCRIPTION: | The frit-ware bowl is painted in a vibrant turquoise glaze. In the centre of the bowl, there is Nightingale bird design with boldly painted black underglaze naskhi calligraphy in hebrow body Ring of the bowl. The inner rim is decorated with a pair strip -shaped border and radiating lines are represented on the exterior of the bowl. This bowl with naskhi Hebrew inscriptions, additionally the dish inner border designed to interweaves with motifs at the centre with laydown ancient temple grapes originated in the Holyland.A prime example of the pottery ‘Sultanabad wares’ made under the Ilkhanid Period (1256-1353). The Mongol invasions in Iran and surrounding neighbours brought a cross-culture of trade through the Silk Road. See a similar bowl from Iran or possibly Golden Horde in The Al-Sabah Collection, Accession Number LNS 767 C, late 13th / early 14th century, also depicted with calligraphy and similar border decoration (Watson, p. 77). |
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