Safavid Blue and Red Pottery Dish

Iran, 17th Century

19.5cm diameter

Stock no.: A5172

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Safavid Blue and Red Pottery Dish

This rare octagonal pottery dish has brown and white quatrefoil cartouches which enclose stylised vegetal scrolling design. The background is decorated with blue and white scrolling leaf motifs with a geometric border. The flange has a blue border in a zig-zag format. The outer flange is divided into eight brackets with a stylised cross pattern. There is a pseudo-Chinese mark on the base. 

Safavid Blue and Red Pottery Dish


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