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Bowl with Arabic Inscription

Islamic Dynastic Art, 1000 – 1100

Bowl with Arabic Inscription, Islamic Dynastic Art

Bowl with Arabic Inscription, zoomed in

35.6 cm

Bowl with Arabic Inscription scale comparison

10.8 cm

Bowl with Arabic Inscription is an Islamic Dynastic Ceramic Sculpture created between 1000 and 1100. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Vessels and Typography. Source See Bowl with Arabic Inscription in the Kaleidoscope

This bowl was excavated from the Nishapur region of Iran, and bears the calligraphic inscription style popular in the area.

البرکة و الغبطة و النعمة و السلامة و السعادة الـ
Blessing, felicity, prosperity, well-being, happiness

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