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View full screenDish, earthenware, blue and white ware, painted in dark blue and brown under a transluscent glaze with peonies and two lions: Asia, West Asia, Iran, Safavid period, c. 1690-1720
A.1921.1266
Iran, West Asia
1690 - 1720
Iranian
Safavid
Clay, Quartz, Quartz, Pigment, Glaze
Round earthenware dish with straight rim; cream-coloured ceramic body covered with fine quartz rich slip, painted inside and outside and covered with translucent colourless glaze; rim painted in dark brown; motifs outlined in dark blue and loosely filled with a diluted blue; interior decoration: a central peony flanked by four large leaves and the remaining space filled with short scrolls, set against a white background; the well with a wide band of alternating lions and peonies with leaves and short scrolls filling the space; this border set between single lines and separated from the centre by a thick blue circle; exterior: loose scrolls of flowers and leaves between two single lines; footring with a double line on exterior; pigment running on exterior; glaze slightly scratched on interior above central flower; bubbles inside and around footring; one chip on rim, no visible crazing.