Bowl with calligraphic decoration, Eastern Samanid Iran, probably Samarkand, Afrasiyab, 10th century Truncated cone-shaped bowl on a small circular foot in clay ceramic, decorated with polychrome engobes on white slip under a transparent glaze of a scalloped garland under the lip, followed by a stylized pseudo-inscription in kufic script with scrolls of letters converging on the cruciform motif adorning the center. Diameter: 20.7 cm Reglued breaks and restorations. A similarly decorated bowl is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. See LANE, Arthur, Early Islamic Pottery, London: 1969, pl. 19. B A Samanid Bowl with Calligraphic decoration, Eastern Iran, probably Samarkand, Afrasiyab, 10th century Philippe Magloire Collection - Lots 132 to 207