Two bowls, Eastern Iran, Nishapur, 10th century Small hollow clay ceramic bowls, the first with epigraphic decoration in manganese slip on a white slip under a transparent glaze, the inscription in kufic Arabic oriented towards the center on part of the inner wall; the second with black slip on the bottom and a band under the lip, a slightly incised and perforated decoration on the wall covered with a transparent glaze. Diameter: 13.3 and 11.3 cm Restoration work. Provenance: Former collection of a Paris researcher (Part I).