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Inscribed platter
Inscribed platter

Inscribed platter

10th century
Object PlaceNishapur, Iran
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with dark brown and red decoration on white slip under transparent glaze
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 4.7 x 37.4 cm (1 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineFrederick L. Jack Fund
Accession number64.3
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
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InscriptionsInscription on rim in plaited Kufic reads "la fata illa ‘Ali; la sayf illa." "No hero but Ali; no sword but Dhu'l-Faqar"Provenance1964, sold by Nasli M. Heeramaneck, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1964)