A RARE ANCIENT EARLY ISLAMIC UMAYYAD GREEN GLAZED FOOTED BOWL, CIRCA 8TH-9TH CENTURY. Measurement: 10 cm dia, 4 cm high. of very fine quality, early islamic ceramics almost never found in these conditions, on three feet with everted rim, with incised concentric bands, Byzantine and Sasanian forms developed in the arts of the Umayyad and early Abbasid period in the territories, once the southern provinces of the Byzantine Empire. Based on these traditions, the abstract forms and styles of ornament that subsequently developed at the Abbasid capital at Samarra would have a profound impact on the art and architecture of the Islamic world.Palmettes and inverted flowers decorate the straight sides of the bowl. The shape is based on metal incense burners used in the eastern Mediterranean from the late Roman and Byzantine periods into the Islamic era. a similar piece can be found at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition

Very fine to Extremely Fine. Fine.