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

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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)

10th–early 11th century

probably late 19th–early 20th century

11th–12th century

9th–10th century

11th century

1530–1550

late 17th–18th century

12th–13th century

17th–18th century

14th century

mid-to-late 17th century, with later additions

17th–19th century