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Bowl with Arabic Inscription

10th–11th century

Earthenware painted on white slip under a clear glaze

3 3/4 × 9 7/16 in. (9.5 × 24 cm)
Gift of Fred Olsen
1954.53.16
Geography: 
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Uzbeki, Islamic
Period: 
Samanid dynasty (819–999 C.E.)
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1954 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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