A SMALL NISHAPUR POTTERY BOWL AND AN ABBASID-REVIVAL POTTERY BOWL
Iran, 10th - 11th century and later

Comprising a small pottery bowl of rounded shape, resting on a short circular foot, covered in white slip and painted in manganese black with pseudo-calligraphic and abstract decorations, the base marked with an old inventory number and label, 9cm diam. and 4.5cm high; and another bowl, larger in size, the earthenware body covered in a greenish-white slip, with a pseudo-calligraphic band in the centre, 14.5cm diam. and 5.5cm high.