Seldom does witticism shrunk down to pithy fortune cookie scale pass for art. Yet if ever ironclad rule admitted of exception, this bowl is it.

It reads:

التدبير قبل العمل یؤمنك من الندم اليُمْنُ والسلامه

Preparation before work spares you regret. Blessings and peace!

Surpassing elegance spares even a prosaic message from banality.