AN EARLY SAFAVID BLUE AND WHITE DISH with narrow sloping rim on short foot, the interior painted with a floral mound with two dusk below three elaborate stylised trees, the cavetto with hatched ground and cusped cartouches containing nasta'liq verses divided by rosette roundels, the rim with stylised scrolling waves, the exterior with a band of Chinese inspired meandering flowering vine with outer wave pattern stripe, 16th century (repaired, slight discolouration and iridescence)

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AN EARLY SAFAVID BLUE AND WHITE DISH with narrow sloping rim on short foot, the interior painted with a floral mound with two dusk below three elaborate stylised trees, the cavetto with hatched ground and cusped cartouches containing nasta'liq verses divided by rosette roundels, the rim with stylised scrolling waves, the exterior with a band of Chinese inspired meandering flowering vine with outer wave pattern stripe, 16th century (repaired, slight discolouration and iridescence)
13½in. (34.3cm.) diam.

Provenance

With Farhadi and Anavian, New York

Lot Essay

The inscription states that the contents of the dish are offered to the guests of the owner, who describes himself as a poor man, a derwish.

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