Lot Essay
This unusually large dish was fired in the same way as the Chinese dishes whose design it imitates. A clear unglazed ring is visible inside the foot on which it rested in the kiln.
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IRAN, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
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A MASSIVE SAFAVID TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY DISH
Iran, 16th/17th century
With rounded fluted sides and everted rim on short foot, the surface covered with a rich opaque turquoise glaze, the interior of the foot showing the ring on which the firing took place, slight rim chips
19in. (48.5cm.) diam.
Iran, 16th/17th century
With rounded fluted sides and everted rim on short foot, the surface covered with a rich opaque turquoise glaze, the interior of the foot showing the ring on which the firing took place, slight rim chips
19in. (48.5cm.) diam.
Special notice
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