Bowl, 10th century
Samarqand, Central Asia
Earthenware, glazed, with slip-painted white engobe

H. 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm), Diam. at rim 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1961 (61.144)

The whirling rosette decorating the base of this vessel seems to be a trademark of wares made in Samarqand, and its appearance on wares found in Nishapur may indicate that they were imported from Samarqand. A pseudo-inscription in kufic script is repeated on the exterior of this bowl, in the same red as the whirling rosette.

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"Bowl [Samarqand, Central Asia] (61.144)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/06/nc/ho_61.144.htm (October 2006)

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Wilkinson, Charles Kyrle. "The Glazed Pottery of Nishapur and Samarkand." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 20, no. 3 (November, 1961).

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