An Abbasid footed dish with stylised vegetal decoration, Iraq, 9th Century

of shallow round form with a wide everted flattened rim, on three small tripod feet, decorated with a blue stylised vegetal motif in the centre and green splashes at the four quarters on an opaque white tin glaze

Croisier Collection, Switzerland

Perpetual Glory. Medieval Islamic Ceramics From The Harvey B. Plotnick Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago. 2007.

J. Soustiel, Objets d'art et de l'Islam, Paris, 1974, no.3.
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Céramiques islamiques dans les collections genevoises, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, 1981, no.26.
Treasures of Islam, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, 1985, no.198.
Céramiques du monde musulman, Institut du monde arabe, Paris, 1999.

In fair condition, broken and restored with some associated infill and overpainting, slight craquelure on infill, particularly to reverse, as viewed.
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