Bowl with "Kufic" Inscriptions

Description Ceramic vessels from early medieval Nishapur were frequently decorated with proverbs or short sayings in Arabic. The proverb here, written in two parts, may be interpreted as: "The loyal person is the most praiseworthy."

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
4/18/1960	Treatment	cleaned; coated

Provenance H. Khan Monif, New York [no. 2052]; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1955, by purchase.

Inscriptions [Translation] The loyal person is the most praiseworthy

Credit Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund, 1955