A LAJVARDINA POTTERY DISH

PERSIA, 14TH CENTURY

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A LAJVARDINA POTTERY DISH
PERSIA, 14TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with sloping rim on short foot, the cobalt-blue interior with six painted red radiating arms with linked diamond designs dividing six segments containing panels of drop shapes bordered with white lines containing polylobed and circular motifs, the rim with a minor band of similar design, highlighted throughout with gold leaf squares, the exterior with white outlined vertical arcaded panels, some iridescence and restoration
13½in. (34.3cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Both the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museums have examples of lajvardina pottery, Pope, A.U. A Survey of Persian Art, Oxford, 1939, Pl.752, and Lane, A.: Early Islamic Pottery, London, 1947, Pl.75).

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