PICHET AU BANDEAU COUFIQUE ORNEMENTAL Lot n° 107

EASTERN IRAN OR TRANSOXIAN, NICHAPOUR OR SAMARCANDE, 10th CENTURY Pitcher with a bulbous body on a small heel and a high, slightly flared neck, fitted with a straight handle, made of clay ceramic decorated with brown slip over beige slip, decorated with a continuous band of epigraphic Arabic inscription in braided Kufic with flowers. Three high fleurons punctuate the neck. A RARE ORNAMENTAL KUFIC DECORATED POTTERY JUG, EASTERN PERSIA OR CENTRAL ASIA, NISHAPUR OR SAMARQAND, 10TH CENTURY. H: 15 cm - Ø: 15 cm A very similar jug in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, is decorated with the same fleurons and a band inscribed with a similar woven Kufic Arabic proverb (inv. no. 1988.114.3). The inscription reads: al-ikhlassu yuhassinu al-a'mâl (devotion strengthens actions). An almost identical jug in the Metropolitan Museum in New York is decorated with the same fleurons and the same band with a similar Arabic proverb in braided kufic script (inv. no. 1988.114.3). Expert : L.S.