A LARGE KIRMAN BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISH of shallow rounded form and narrow everted rim on short foot, the interior painted with a central six-pointed stellar panel containing flowering vine around the figure of a running lion flanked by cusped triangular panels containing flowering vine on a white ground incised under the glaze with large part hatched fish-scale motifs, the rim lightly scattered with blue floral sprays, the exterior plain cobalt blue, the underside of the foot with a central blue tassle mark, early 17th century (old riveted repairs, very slight restoration to rim, stained)