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SAMANID PERIOD BLACK KUFIC ON WHITE TIN GLAZE SLIP - TL TESTED

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SAMANID PERIOD BLACK KUFIC ON WHITE TIN GLAZE SLIP - TL TESTED
SAMANID PERIOD BLACK KUFIC ON WHITE TIN GLAZE SLIP - TL TESTED
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Persia, Nishapur, Ca. 10th century AD A nicely formed pottery bowl with its interior decorated with white tin glaze slip with black painted Kufic script around the inner edge. Nishapur was an ancient and medieval city in Iran, famous for its rich ceramic, glass and metalwork traditions, until it was destroyed by the Mongols in 1221. For a simialar see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 65.106.2. This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. The samples collected date the piece to the period reflected in its style, whilst also showing no modern trace elements. The TL certificate with its full report will accompany this lot.Size: L:100mm / W:260mm ; 850gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.
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SAMANID PERIOD BLACK KUFIC ON WHITE TIN GLAZE SLIP - TL TESTED

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