Inv. no. LNS 210 C
Wheel-thrown, glazed and painted in metallic lustre and cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze
Height 8.2 cm; diameter 23.5 cm
Central Iran, Kashan, dated in the month of Shawwal 614 AH/January 1218 AD
LNS 210 C
Composite bodied bowl painted in cobalt blue and metallic lustre, the inside center with birds amidst a quadripartite half-palmette scroll, against a dense spiralling scroll ground. Inscriptions in an extremely free cursive hand include good wishes to the owner; Persian verses on the pain of love; Arabic verses attributed to the Imam al-Shaf’i on the importance of learning; and the date of manufacture