Inscribed platter

Samanid period

10th century

Object Place: Nishapur, Iran

Medium/Technique Earthenware with dark brown and red decoration on white slip under transparent glaze

Dimensions Height x diameter: 4.7 x 37.4 cm (1 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Frederick L. Jack Fund

Accession Number64.3

ClassificationsCeramics

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)