4.1 Bowl, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington (57.34) (after Atıl, Ceramics).
4.2 Dish, Paris, Louvre (A.O. no. AA.96) (after Roux, L’Islam).
4.3 Bowl, Doha, Museum of Islamic Art (P0.1031.2009).
4.4 Dish, Doha, Museum of Islamic Art (P0.877.2008).
4.5 Plate, Almohad, 12th century, Murcia (Centro Municipal de Arqueología de Murcia) (after Caviró, Cerámica).
4.6 Bowl, Doha, Museum of Islamic Art (430.2006).
4.7 Bowl, Tehran, Riza ‘Abbasi Museum (53–348) (after Ghouchani, Inscriptions).
4.8 Plate, Manises, Rotterdam, Historisch Museum (after Du Ry, Art).
4.9 Bowl, Doha, Museum of Islamic Art.
4.10 Bowl, Doha, Museum of Islamic Art (1055.2010).
4.11 Bowl, formerly Khalili Gallery (after Fehérvári and Safadi, 1400 years of Islamic art).
4.12 Bowl, Doha, Museum of Islamic Art (P0.143.2000).
4.13 Dish, Doha, Museum of Islamic Art (P0.24.1999).
4.14 Fragment, Doha, Museum of Islamic Art (P0.1002.2009).
4.15 Vase, Momtaz Gallery (after Momtaz, Islamic Art).
4.16 Bowl, Momtaz Gallery (after Momtaz, Memories).
4.17 Jug, Sarikhani collection.
4.18 Bowl, Doha, Museum of Islamic Art (P0.414).
4.19 Bowl, Tehran, Iran Bastan Museum (no.21169) (after Du Ry, Art).
4.20 Bowl, Doha, Museum of Islamic Art (P0.686.2007).
4.21 Bowl, Tehran, Riza ‘Abbasi Museum (53–348) (after Ghouchani, Inscriptions).
4.22 Money jar with Chinese inscription, Changsha ware, 858 A.D. (courtesy of Dr Anita Chung).
4.23 Inscribed Cizhou wares, 14th century (Cixian Museum) (courtesy of Dr Anita Chung).
4.24 Bowl, owner unknown (after Ghouchani, Inscriptions).
4.25 Samanid epigraphic ware: Kufic alphabet (after Bol’shakov, ‘Nadpisi’, 1958).
4.26 Samanid epigraphic ware: ‘ceramic cursive’ alphabet (after Bol’shakov, ‘Nadpisi’, 1958).
4.27 Folio 15b from a fragmentary 7-part Qur’an, 11th century, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, QUR 89A (after Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition).
4.28 Folio from a Qur’an copied in Isfahan in 383/993, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, KFQ 90 (after Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition).
4.29 Bowl, Tehran, Riza ‘Abbasi Museum (53–41) (after Ghouchani, Inscriptions).
4.30 Dish, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington (54.16) (after Atıl, Ceramics).
4.31 Bowl, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (40.170) (after Ghouchani, Inscriptions).
4.32 Bowl, Tehran, Riza ‘Abbasi Museum (53–369) (after Ghouchani, Inscriptions).
4.33 Plate, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington (52.11) (after Atıl, Ceramics).
4.34 Samanid epigraphic ware: typical prompts (after Bol’shakov, ‘Nadpisi’, 1958).