This item has been added to the Database within the Explore Islamic Art Collections project. Information is available in:Italian, English, Arabic. Name of Object:Vase Location:Turin, Italy Holding Museum:MAO Museum of Oriental Art About MAO Museum of Oriental Art, Turin Date of Object:Hegira 4th century / AD 10th century Museum Inventory Number:ISv/25 Material(s) / Technique(s):Earthenware, white slip, black decoration under a transparent glaze Dimensions:Height 19 cm, diameter max 19 cm Period / Dynasty:Samanid Provenance:Iran (Nishapur) Description:This small vase is an example of the elaborate production developed in the Eastern Iranian world. The vase has an elegant kufic character inscription – incomplete probably due to a restoration intervention – which bears, in its final part, a wish "In the name of God (for the) Blessing of its owner". Citation of this web page:"Vase" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;it;Mus21;9;en
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