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DECORATIVE ARTS FROM PERSIA

One of the new acquisitions is an excellent example of early Islamic pottery from northeast Iran or Transoxiana (fig. 1). This large earthenware bowl has slightly convex sides which slope down gracefully from a wide mouth to a low bevel and small base. The base is carefully turned and rests on a narrow foot ring. The finely potted vessel possesses a reddish clay body and thin, light walls. A white engobe (slip) covers the exterior and interior, concealing the red earthenware and providing a striking background to the black, painted Arabic inscription the interior. The entire bowl is covered by a clear, slightly crackled lead glaze.1 Under the glaze, the words are surrounded by a faint brown halo, denoting the presence of iron in the black pigment.