A GREEN-SPLASHED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY DISH

PROBABLY NISHAPUR, IRAN, 9TH/10TH CENTURY

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A GREEN-SPLASHED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY DISH
PROBABLY NISHAPUR, IRAN, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Of rounded form on short flat foot, with six green splashes, the black kufic inscription reading ghibta (delight)
9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam.

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This Iranian bowl is inspired by a type of Abbasid opaque white glazed bowls produced in Basra, Iraq, itself copying Chinese examples. Unlike most examples where inscriptions are illegible, the word delight, or felicity (ghibta) can be read on our bowl.