Bowl with radiating vegetal decoration, Eastern Samanid Iran, Nishapur, 10th century Truncated cone-shaped bowl on a small circular foot in clay ceramic, decorated with yellow staining black engobes on an underglaze orange background of stylized cypress trees cross-hatched with latticework and floral motifs, the lip highlighted with brown festoons dotted with white. Diameter: 26.7 and 14.9 cm Restorations, chips, iridescence. A Samanid Bowl with Radial Yellow Staining Black Decoration, Eastern Iran, Nishapur, 10th century Philippe Magloire Collection - Lots 132 to 207