Bidspirit auction | SELJUK BOWL WITH KUFIC CALLIGRAPHY

SELJUK BOWL WITH KUFIC CALLIGRAPHY - Ca. 10th-11th century AD. A ceramic bowl with wide, flaring sides sitting upon a low ring foot. The interior is decorated in cream with a brown band highlighting the rim. The bowl is further embellished with two panels of elongated Kufic script in dark brown. The Seljuks were a Turkic dynasty that swept out of Central Asia in the early 10th century and conquered an enormous expanse, covering most or all of present-day Turkmenistan and beyond. After inflicting crushing military defeats on a host of rivals, the most famous of which was perhaps that against the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, the Seljuk sultans became major patrons of art and architecture. Size: 70mm /x 185mm ; Weight: 395g Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.