Near East, Persia (Iran), Nishapur, ca. late 10th century to early 13th century CE. A heavy bowl with a broad profile, flat rim, and raised concave foot - glazed in a beautiful blue-green with traces of golden, rainbow, and silvery iridescence. The glaze is alkaline with a copper base to give it its color, and would have been poured over the clay resulting in those marvelous drips that mark the outer walls. These pieces may have been inspired by the blue and white glazed pottery that traveled the Silk Road from Tang Dynasty China, but the end result here is clearly not an imitation, but rather an entirely different, radical style developed in Nishapur. Size: 7.875" in diameter x 3.375" H (20 cm x 8.6 cm)

Provenance: ex-private East Coast, USA collection

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Three small areas without glaze on interior due to spacers placed during firing process to separate this bowl from another piece. Expected areas of earthen encrustation on underside.