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Imports and Nishapur Craftsmen Finds

Fragmentary Plate with Engraved Designs, Glass, blue; blown, applied trail, scratch-engraved
Fragmentary Plate with Engraved Designs
9th century
Imitation Luster Bowl, inscribed "Blessing", Earthenware; white slip with monochrome slip decoration under transparent glaze
Imitation Luster Bowl, inscribed "Blessing"
10th century
Imported Luster Bowl, Earthenware; luster-painted on an opaque white glaze
Imported Luster Bowl
10th century
Imitation Green-Splashed Samarra Ware, Earthenware; painted in black with splashes of green on opaque white (tin) glaze
Imitation Green-Splashed Samarra Ware
9th–10th century
Fragment of an Imported Chinese Bowl, Earthenware; applied relief medallion under three color (sancai) glaze
Fragment of an Imported Chinese Bowl
late 7th–first half 8th century
Imitation Bichrome Luster Bowl, Earthenware; white slip with polychrome slip decoration under transparent glaze
Imitation Bichrome Luster Bowl
9th century
Bowl with Green, Yellow, and Brown Splashed Decoration, Earthenware; white slip, incised and splashed with polychrome glazes under transparent glaze (sgraffito ware)
Bowl with Green, Yellow, and Brown Splashed Decoration
10th century
Imported Cobalt-on-White Bowl, Earthenware; painted in blue on opaque white (tin) glaze
Imported Cobalt-on-White Bowl
9th–10th century