Title: Ewer with Arabic Proverb, "Devotion Fortifies Action"
Object type: Ewer
Date: 10th century
Medium: Earthenware; white slip with black slip decoration under transparent glaze
Dimensions: H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Diam. at rim 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1988
Geography: Probably from Nishapur or Samarqand   Iran or present-day Uzbekistan      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY