Earthenware with white slip ground under a clear glaze with brown-slip painted decorexpand_more
The Katherine Kittredge McMillan Memorial Fundexpand_more 68.80.4
Some of the most beautiful wares of the Samanid dynasty (819–1005) were painted in a black slip over a white background. The standard decorative vocabulary consists of interlaced motifs, scrollwork, geometric designs, and precisely arranged kufic calligraphy.
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