Bowl decorated with crosses and intertwined branches, Eastern Iran, Nishapur, 10th century Carinated bowl on a circular foot in engobed clay ceramic, painted brown with a design of crosses with intertwined webbed branches on a spiral background, the whole covered with a transparent glaze with yellow highlights. Semi-circles painted on the outer wall. Diameter: 23.2 cm Broken-glued, restorations, altered glaze, chips. A similar pattern of interlocking cross branches and spiral motifs can be found on a bowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (C.182-1912). A Nishapur Bowl with a Cross, Eastern Iran, Nishapur, 10th century Philippe Magloire Collection - Lots 132 to 207