Lot 32
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A LATE TIMURID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISH
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A LATE TIMURID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISH

IRAN, PROBABLY TABRIZ, LATE 15TH CENTURY

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A LATE TIMURID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISH
IRAN, PROBABLY TABRIZ, LATE 15TH CENTURY
With cusped rim on short foot, the pale celadon interior with a central roundel issuing cloudband-motifs surrounded by three flying cranes and further cloudband-motifs, the cavetto with similar alternating cloudbands and cranes, the rim with a simple floral and dotted design, the exterior with a band of single floral sprays, slight chips, one retouched spot in centre
13 7/8in. (35.3cm.) diam.
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Lot Essay

The heavy potting with dense body, the broad foot ring, the pronounced craquelure and the slightly runny blue colour, coiupled with this border design all indicate that this is a product of Tabriz (Lisa Golombek, Robert B. Mason and Gauvin A. Bailey, Tamerlane's Tableware, Ontario, 1996). A dish with a denser version of a very similar design, also attributed to Tabriz, is in the Harvard University Museum (Golombek et al, op.cit, pl.62, p.219).

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