Rare Chinese circa 1800 Islamic Market Porcelain Low Bowl in iron red enamel and gold centered with a numerical 'Magic Square', circa 1800, and framed by four arabic inscriptions, all encircled by nine concentric rings enclosing arabic inscriptions alternating with blue enamel dot-patterned rings. Diameter 8 1/4 inches (21 cm.). NOTE: See David S. Howard and John Ayers, China for the West - the Mottahedeh Collection, Vol II, London and New York, 1978, pl.481.