Lot Essay
A similar Kubachi dish with dark blue glaze is in the Sarikhani Collection (Oliver Watson, Ceramics of Iran, London, 2020, pp.358-9, no.185).
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PROBABLY TABRIZ, SAFAVID IRAN, CIRCA 1570-1600
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THREE KUBACHI POTTERY DISHES
PROBABLY TABRIZ, SAFAVID IRAN, CIRCA 1570-1600
The white ground decorated in reserve in cobalt-blue, the first with a central roundel depicting a seated gazelle surrounded by flowers, the reverse with blue scrolling vines; the second with a lattice of lobed medallions, the reverse with blue scrolling vines; the third with a floral spray and vine, with cusped rim with stylised leaf border and incised spirals in the cavetto, the reverse with a series of stylised repeated blue motifs, loss to rim
13 1⁄8in. (33.5cm.); 13 1⁄2in. (34.5cm.); 13in. (33cm.) diam.
PROBABLY TABRIZ, SAFAVID IRAN, CIRCA 1570-1600
The white ground decorated in reserve in cobalt-blue, the first with a central roundel depicting a seated gazelle surrounded by flowers, the reverse with blue scrolling vines; the second with a lattice of lobed medallions, the reverse with blue scrolling vines; the third with a floral spray and vine, with cusped rim with stylised leaf border and incised spirals in the cavetto, the reverse with a series of stylised repeated blue motifs, loss to rim
13 1⁄8in. (33.5cm.); 13 1⁄2in. (34.5cm.); 13in. (33cm.) diam.
Special notice
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A similar Kubachi dish with dark blue glaze is in the Sarikhani Collection (Oliver Watson, Ceramics of Iran, London, 2020, pp.358-9, no.185).