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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. |
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| Current location |
Department of Islamic Art, Denon, room 185 |
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| Accession number |
AA 96 |
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| Credit line | Gift of Alphonse Kann, 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Jastrow (2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This picture was shot by Marie-Lan Nguyen (user:Jastrow) and placed in the Public Domain. You are free to use it for any purpose.
Credit can be given as follows: Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
If you use this image outside of the Wikimedia projects, I would be happy to hear from you (
jastrow 
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| current | 14:33, 5 March 2006 | | 2,100 × 1,900 (2.47 MB) | Jastrow | {{Louvre-en| |Dish with epigraphic decoration. The Kufic inscription reads: "Science 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. |K 3488 |
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