Persia, Ca. 10th-11th century AD A ceramic bowl with wide, flaring sides sitting upon a low ring foot . The interior is decorated in cream with a thin yellow band just below the rim. The bowl is further embellished with an elongated Kufic script in dark brown. The Seljuks were a Turkic dynasty who swept out of Central Asia in the early 10th century and conquered an enormous expanse, covering most or all of present-day Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and beyond. After inflicting crushing military defeats on a host of rivals, the most famous of which was perhaps that against the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, the Seljuk sultans became major patrons of art and architecture.Size: L:70mm / W:182mm ; 320gProvenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.