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Nishapur Slip Painted Bowl - AMD.14, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 900 AD, Dimensions: 3.8" (9.7cm) high x 9.2" , (23.4cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Nishapur Ware, Medium: Buff Earthenware, Nishapur began to assume major influence from the mid 9th century AD, becoming in the 10th through the 12th centuries one of the great political, commercial, and cultural centres in the Islamic world. Nishapur was well situated among the Silk Road across which goods were exchanged between the Far and the Near East.
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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