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Nishapur Slip-Painted Calligraphic Bowl - GD.011, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD, Dimensions: 3.9" (9.9cm) high x 13.1" (33.3cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Nishapur, Medium: Earthenware, Nishapur began to assume some major influence from the mid-ninth century A.D., becoming in the tenth through twelfth centuries one of the great political, commercial, and cultural centres in Central Asia and the Islamic world. Nishapur was well situated along the Silk Road across which goods were exchanged between the Far and Near East.
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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