Lot 132
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A TIMURID TURQUOISE AND BLACK DISH
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A TIMURID TURQUOISE AND BLACK DISH

NORTH EAST IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, 15TH CENTURY

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A TIMURID TURQUOISE AND BLACK DISH
NORTH EAST IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, 15TH CENTURY
On narrow central foot, the turquoise interior painted in black with a very bold palmette flanked by serrated similar paired leaves, a band of meandering scrolls around the cavetto, the rim with paired black spirals flanked by serrated leaves, the underside with a band of cusped panels containing spirals, one area of repair to rim, otherwise intact
14¼in. (36.3cm.) diam.
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Lot Essay

This very powerful dish is a bolder version of one in the al-Sabah Collection (Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, London, 2004, cat.U.3, p.451). The present example is stronger in design and is painted in black rather than the underglaze blue found on the Kuwait dish. The leaf forms here also relate closely to those of a blue and white dish in the same collection (Oliver Watson op. cit., no.U.4, p.451). Both those dishes were reputedly from Pir Nakshi, near Dowlatabad in Afghanistan. Please also see the note to the following lot.

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