Plate Depicting a Flowering Bush in Two-Toned Luster, 9th century, Attributed to Iraq, probably Basra, Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Ceramics, A highly stylized, flowering bush fills the center of this plate, its blooming flowers scattered over the surface of the plate in a pattern recalling mosaics or millefiori glass. The word mulk ('sovereignty') repeats in kufic around the flat rim, possibly as an abbreviation of the common calligraphic saying al-mulk lillah ('sovereignty belongs to God')
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Plate Depicting, Flowering Bush, Two-Toned Luster, 9th century, Attributed, Iraq, Basra, Earthenware, luster-painted, opaque white glaze, H, 1 1/4, 3.2 cm, Ceramics, highly, stylized, flowering bush, fills, center, plate, blooming flowers, scattered, surface, pattern recalling, mosaics, millefiori glass, word mulk, sovereignty, repeats, kufic, flat rim, abbreviation, common calligraphic, saying, al-mulk, lillah, sovereignty belongs, God
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