COUPE SAMANIDE À LA BÉNÉDICTION Lot n° 17

TRANSOXIAN, CENTRAL ASIA, 9th-10th CENTURY Of conical form, in clay ceramic with painted decoration in brown glaze over beige slip, the center encircled by braided ribbons, centered by a quatrefoil, the wall adorned with a wide band inscribed in ornamental kufic script and a chevron frieze. The Cultural Property certificate is available for this lot. Diameter: 22 cm. Private collection in Paris since the 1980s. The inscription is a repetition of the word al-Taqwâ (Piety). For another bowl of different shape with very similar decoration and the same inscription, see : Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, London, April 27, 2023, lot 8. Reglued fractures and corking. A small area of restoration.