A large slip-painted bowl with vegetal designs, Persia or Central Asia, 10th century

A large slip-painted bowl with vegetal designs, Persia or Central Asia, 10th century. Photo: Sotheby's.

of deep round form with straight rim, the red clay ground decorated with yellow, black and dotted white slips forming a stylised vegetal design between abrastact 'alif' motifs; 27cm. diam. Estimation 6,000 -- 8,000 GBP