. Illustrated catalogue of an extraordinary collection of Greek, Saracenic, Mesopotamian and Persian faïences, glass and other objects of exceeding rarity and artistic beauty. No. 294RAKKA LUSTRE FAIENCE BOWL (Ninth Century) Height, I1 , inches: diameter, si;, inches Coupe-shaped, with incurved rim. Invested with an ivory-coloredglaze and decorated, in brown lustre with passages of blue, asto the center with an inscription in Arabic characters, Pros-perity, surrounded by spiral whorls, and as to the inner rimwith a cusped border, the cusps filled with leaf forms, and as tothe exterior with a b
. Illustrated catalogue of an extraordinary collection of Greek, Saracenic, Mesopotamian and Persian faïences, glass and other objects of exceeding rarity and artistic beauty. No. 294RAKKA LUSTRE FAIENCE BOWL (Ninth Century) Height, I1 , inches: diameter, si;, inches Coupe-shaped, with incurved rim. Invested with an ivory-coloredglaze and decorated, in brown lustre with passages of blue, asto the center with an inscription in Arabic characters, Pros-perity, surrounded by spiral whorls, and as to the inner rimwith a cusped border, the cusps filled with leaf forms, and as tothe exterior with a border of spiral whorls in line. Second and Last Afternoon. No. 295SULTANABAD FAIENCE BOWL (Thirteenth Century) Height, 31/., inches: diameter, 7% inches Coupe-shaped, with annular foot. Invested with a thick ivory-colored glaze and decorated in black, as to the center of the in-terior, with a large medallion encircled by four large triangularshaped flowers with scrolled leaves. The exterior decorated,also in black, with scrolled interlacements and flowers, all be-traying a Chinese influence. Second and Last Afternoon
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