Bowl with feline decoration and pitcher, Eastern Samanid Iran, Nishapur, 10th century Engobed clay ceramic with underglaze painted decoration. The bowl, with its carinated body on a small circular foot, is painted in black fused with yellow with a spotted feline held in place by a multi-link chain; the jug, with its globular body topped by a wide cylindrical neck with a flared lip connected to the body by a curved handle, is painted in black and brown under a yellow glaze with vertical lines and dotted lines. D. bowl: 17.3 cm; H. pitcher: 12.5 cm Bowl badly restored, major chips on the pitcher The bowl belongs to the "yellow staining black" group known from Nishapur productions. Like the previous piece, it has a counterpart in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (inv. 1959. Ea 9) of identical form with the same decoration of a speckled feline with attached neck. A Samanid Bowl decorated with a Lion, Eastern Iran, Nishapur, 10th century Philippe Magloire Collection - Lots 132 to 207