Earthenware bowl with blue inscription decoration, Abbasid Iran or Iraq, 9th centuryEarthenware bowl on a circular foot decorated with an inscription of the term "ghubta" ("happiness") in kufic Arabic painted in cobalt blue on a white background. Diameter: 19.2 cm; Height: 6.5 cmRestoration . An Abbasid earthenware bowl painted with a cobalt inscription 'ghubta', Iraq or Iran, 9th centuryProvenance : Philippe Magloire Collection .