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 cm d cm

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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 cm d cm

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