File:Dish epigraphic Louvre AA96.jpg

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English: Dish with epigraphic decoration. The Kufic inscription reads: "Magnanimity has first a bitter taste, but at the end it tastes sweeter than honey. Good health [to the owner]." Terracotta, white slip ground and slip underglaze decoration, Khurasan (Iran), 11th–12th century.
Français : Plat à décor épigraphique. L'inscription en koufique signifie : « La magnanimité au début a un goût amer, mais à la fin elle est plus douce que le miel. Santé [au propriétaire]. » Céramique argileuse engobée, décor d'engobe sous glaçure transparente, Khorassan (Iran), XIe-XIIe siècle.
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Islamic Art, Denon, room 185
Accession number
AA 96
Credit line Gift of Alphonse Kann, 1935
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2006)

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