Bowl with Kufic Calligraphy

The Arabic inscription reads, "Planning before work protects from regrets; patience is the key to comfort."

• Medium: Ceramic; earthenware, painted in brown slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze
• Geographical Locations:
  • Greater Khurasan
  • Northeast Iran, Iran
• Dates: 10th century
• Dimensions: 5 1/16 x 16 3/4 in. (12.9 x 42.5 cm)
• Inscriptions: Arabic inscription in Kufic script: "Planning before work protects from regrets; patience is the key to comfort."
• Collection: Arts of the Islamic World
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 2F66 Interim Storage, Shelf 203
• Accession Number: 86.227.8
• Image: 86.227.8_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2006

Catalogue Description:
Large bowl with flaring sides. Ceramic, transparent colorless glaze, brown slip, white englobe, buff earthenware body. Huge Kufic characters form with center rosette the interior design, outside plain.