Ca. 900-1000 AD. A ceramic deep bowl with wide, flaring sides and a low disc foot. The interior is decorated with delicately-painted elegant motifs over the cream ground. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond. Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine Empire.Size: L:175mm / W:70mm ;425gProvenance: Property of a London Islamic art specialist collector; previously in a collection formed since the 1980s.