Nishapur Splashware Pottery Bowl With Sgraffito Design. 10th / 11th Century
Stock Number: 4165Earthernware Bowl, white slip, incised and splashed with polychrome glazes under a futher transparent glaze. Most likely Nishapur. The City of Nishapur was founded in the 3rd Century AD. By the 9th Century Nishapur had a population between 100 and 200 thousand people and had become an important economic centre due to its location on the Silk Route extending from China to the Mediterranean Sea. Similar examples can be found The Metropolitan Museum 38.40.137 The Louvre 010321551 The British Museum 1951,1009.2 Private Uk Collection Sourced 1960 - 1990 British Art Market With restoration Persia, 10th/11th Century AD.
Dimensions: 5cm (H) x 19cm (W) x 19cm (D) Show in inches
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