PROBABLY SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER

The plain ribbed decoration and green glaze of our dish recalls the Iranian potters' imitations of the prized Chinese celadons. Their popularity coupled with a popular belief that they would reveal poison encouraged their production from the 14th up to the 17th century.

In form and size, the present dish relates to three vessels in the al-Sabah collection dated to the 16th or 17th century and illustrated in Oliver Watson (Ceramics from Islamic Lands, London, 2004, cat.U.16-18, pp.464-465)