ISLAMIC FATIMID CALLIGRAPHIC BOWL 10th-12th century AD A funicular earthenware lustre bowl with carinated rim, centre and four radiating panels with black calligraphic text, interstitial reserved leaf and other motifs on a pointillé field. 1.4 kg, 33cm (13"). Fine condition, restored. Provenance Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Footnotes The development of sophisticated calligraphy as an art form is not unique to Islamic culture, and other examples include Chinese and Japanese calligraphy. In the Islamic world, however, calligraphy has been used to a much greater extent and in astonishingly varied and imaginative ways. In general, calligraphic inscriptions on works of art comprise of Qu’ranic quotations, poems, praise for rulers and aphorisms, with the latter the most common type of inscription on bowls.
ISLAMIC FATIMID CALLIGRAPHIC BOWL 10th-12th century AD A funicular earthenware lustre bowl with carinated rim, centre and four radiating panels with black calligraphic text, interstitial reserved leaf and other motifs on a pointillé field. 1.4 kg, 33cm (13"). Fine condition, restored. Provenance Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Footnotes The development of sophisticated calligraphy as an art form is not unique to Islamic culture, and other examples include Chinese and Japanese calligraphy. In the Islamic world, however, calligraphy has been used to a much greater extent and in astonishingly varied and imaginative ways. In general, calligraphic inscriptions on works of art comprise of Qu’ranic quotations, poems, praise for rulers and aphorisms, with the latter the most common type of inscription on bowls.
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