A Nishapur buffware pottery bowl

Unknown (Persian)

Medium

buffware pottery, of deep rounded form on a short foot, decorated in yellow, green and manganese on a buff ground with a mounted warrior, a fallen figure on the ground below, surrounded by quadrupeds and mythical creatures interspersed by vegetal motifs and pseudo kufic inscriptions, the exterior with a band of stylised leaf motifs

Size

22.6 × 22.6 cm

Category

Ceramics