A Safavid blue and white pottery tulip vase, Persia, 17th Century

of baluster form with a central everted mouth surrounded by five small subsidiary spouts, all mounted with metal covers and engraved with figures inside roundels and alternating floral stems, the body decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with black outlines, featuring a river landscape with bushy rocks, clouds, ducks and birds, scrolling arabesque designs to neck and foot, the reverse of base with pseudo-Chinese reign mark

In general good condition, some light cracks to glaze and scratches to surface, with a crack and abrasion to foot, metallic mounts probably later and possibly covering faults, as viewed.
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