Palmette-decorated bowl, Eastern Iran, Nishapur, 10th century Bowl on a small heel, in ceramic decorated with engobe on engobe under transparent glaze, with a scroll ending in a palmette on a background of crosses in the central field, a frieze of alternating yellow and green ocelli on a black background under the lip underlined on the reverse by hatched triangles. Diameter : 33 cm Broken-glued, some pieces restored. Provenance: Francis Barillet Collection. A Pottery Bowl with a Palm Leaf, Oriental Iran, Nishapur, 10th century