Bowl with a large inscription and a bird, Bowl of earthenware, painted with large characters in brown-black sludge on yellowish-white sludge under transparent lead glaze on the inner wall. Along the edge a black sawtooth frame. At the bottom a small bird (stork?). The inscription can probably be read as 'al mulku li [llah]', 'the supreme authority belongs to God.', anonymous, Samarqand, c. 900 - c. 999, earthenware, lead glaze, vitrification, h 10.8 cm d 33.5 cm
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Bowl, large inscription, bird, earthenware, painted, large characters, brown-black sludge, yellowish-white sludge under transparent lead glaze, inner wall, edge, black sawtooth frame, bottom, small bird, stork, inscription, read, al mulku li, llah, supreme authority belongs, God, Samarqand, c, 900, 999, lead glaze, vitrification
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