Islamic Ghazni: Stonepaste
Inv. no. Z0002
Lustreware
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
Ghazni, House of Lustrewares
Room II, cache I
Ghazni, House of Lustrewares
Room II, cache I
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Lustre-painted bowl
Stonepaste
Overglaze lustre painting
rim Ø 19; h. 9.5 cm
Early 13th century
Lustre-painted stonepaste conical bowl, slightly flaring profile, low carination, foot ring. Dark olive green-brown lustre colour. Complete.
Interior decoration: band with incised inscription (1), framed below by a painted horizontal stripe with small strokes; plain band. Medallions featuring painted flying birds (duck type) on scrollwork, incised star-in-circle motifs and spirals in the spandrels; the band has a upper scalloped edge with radial arrow-shaped motifs. Band with incised inscription (2). Roundel framed by a painted horizontal stripe with small strokes, featuring geometric interlacing pattern on scrollwork.
Exterior decoration: band with incised inscription (3), framed below by a painted horizontal stripe with small strokes; plain band; painted band with upper scalloped edge and radial arrow-shaped motifs; two horizontal stripes.
Current location: unknown
Inscriptions: 1. Persian and Arabic, cursive, one line
Poems + benedictory formulae
2. Persian, cursive, one line
Poem? (Undeciphered)
3. Arabic, cursive, one line
Benedictory formulae
Interior decoration: band with incised inscription (1), framed below by a painted horizontal stripe with small strokes; plain band. Medallions featuring painted flying birds (duck type) on scrollwork, incised star-in-circle motifs and spirals in the spandrels; the band has a upper scalloped edge with radial arrow-shaped motifs. Band with incised inscription (2). Roundel framed by a painted horizontal stripe with small strokes, featuring geometric interlacing pattern on scrollwork.
Exterior decoration: band with incised inscription (3), framed below by a painted horizontal stripe with small strokes; plain band; painted band with upper scalloped edge and radial arrow-shaped motifs; two horizontal stripes.
Current location: unknown
Inscriptions: 1. Persian and Arabic, cursive, one line
Poems + benedictory formulae
2. Persian, cursive, one line
Poem? (Undeciphered)
3. Arabic, cursive, one line
Benedictory formulae
اى راى تو سال و ماه آزردن من / فارغ زمن و شاد بغم خوردن من / گفتى نكنم با تو دگر بد عهدى / اين نيز نكردن تو در كردن من // … …ماند زتو یاد … … ... // عز إقبال وا (؟)
"Oh, you, whose will it is to hurt me for years and months / Who are free from me and glad at my anguish, / You vowed not to break your promise again, / It is I who have caused this breach // … … your memory remains … … … // Glory [and] fortune and (?)" (Reading by V. Allegranzi
Undeciphered
العز الدائم والإقبال الزائد والنصر الغالب والفر القائم والجد الصاعد ... ... والبقاء لصاحبه
“Perpetual glory and increasing fortune and triumphant victory and constant splendour and rising good fortune … … and eternal life to his owner” (Reading by V. Allegranzi)
Neg. no.: 582/11; 581/7
Digital photos: -
Drawings: A. Fusaro (2022)
Digital photos: -
Drawings: A. Fusaro (2022)