Of deep rounded form on a short foot, decorated in polychrome on a cream ground with a central roundel containing a lattice design, surrounded by a series of seated figures interspersed by stylised trees, the rim with inscriptions in pseudo-Kufic with foliate motifs, the exterior with band of inscriptions, 21.5cm diam
Footnotes
Provenance
With Amir Mohtashemi, 2004
Exhibited
OCS, The World in Colours, 2006, no.17
Inscriptions
To interior, possibly wallah, 'by God!'; to exterior, a repeat of al-'izz, 'Glory'.
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