Bowl, maker, 10th century; Nishapur, Iran; Persian Islamic ceramic vessel decorated with images of birds and palmette ornament; height 12.1 cm; diameter 26.0 cm; weight 1.11 kg., A round ceramic bowl viewed from above with a decorative interior showing swirling organic patterns and stylized animal-like figures in black on a yellowish-cream background, with areas of darker brown and small speckled dotting filling spaces; the rim shows a thin dark band and some worn spots, and the whole piece sits against a flat medium-gray backdrop.
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Bowl, maker, 10th century; Nishapur, Iran; Persian Islamic ceramic vessel decorated with images of birds and palmette ornament; height 12.1 cm; diameter 26.0 cm; weight 1.11 kg., A round ceramic bowl viewed from above with a decorative interior showing swirling organic patterns and stylized animal-like figures in black on a yellowish-cream background, with areas of darker brown and small speckled dotting filling spaces; the rim shows a thin dark band and some worn spots, and the whole piece sits against a flat medium-gray backdrop.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A24_067

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Bowl maker 10th century Nishapur Iran Persian Islamic ceramic vessel decorated images birds palmette ornament height 12.1 cm diameter 26.0 cm weight 1.11 kg round ceramic bowl viewed decorative interior showing swirling organic patterns stylized animal- figures black yellowish-cream background areas darker brown small speckled dotting filling spaces rim thin dark band worn spots whole piece sits flat medium-gray backdrop.

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