A Large Persian Blue-and-White Pottery Dish, Safavid, probably Meshed, circa 1st half of the 17th Century

with low foot-ring, the interior painted in blue and outline-black with a Kylin straddling a fence in a Chinese landscape, lotus blossoms and geometric patterns on the rim, flowering vine on the exterior.

Acquired in London in the late 1970s/early 1980s

L. Katz, W.H. Kenety, and R. Stoetzer, Collector’s Choice, The National Association of Private Art Foundations, Washington, D.C., 1987, 9.1, p. 94, col. pl. p. 93

The lower half is repaired from several pieces and there is some restoration and in painting at the breaks. A section of the foot-ring is partially restored in plaster. Please note that an OFAC license may be required to export objects of Iranian origin from the United States.
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