Bowl with epigraphic and vegetal decoration

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Bowl with epigraphic and vegetal decoration

Iran, Nishapur or Uzbekistan, Samarqand, 10th century
Ceramics
Earthenware with white slip covering and decoration in pigments under a transparent glaze
3 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.1 x 22.5 cm)
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky (M.73.5.199)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

This strikingly modern bowl is made from humble earthenware, disguised and beautified through the application of a white slip, a semifluid colored clay....
This strikingly modern bowl is made from humble earthenware, disguised and beautified through the application of a white slip, a semifluid colored clay. Its interior is decorated with an encircling black inscription, and the spaces between the letters are filled by abstract decoration that is augmented by the color red, all covered by a transparent glaze. Read by turning the bowl counterclockwise, the Arabic inscription presents a proverb that retains some resonance even today: "Greed is a sign of poverty."　
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