* A POLYCHROME KUBACHI POTTERY DISH PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR Possibly Tabriz, North-Western Iran, 17th - 18th century Of typical shallow rounded shape, resting on a thin unglazed foot, with an everted flattened rim, the white stonepaste body painted in cobalt blue, bole red, yellow, green and black, the decoration typical of Kubachi ware with two interlocking vegetal tendrils in the centre, the space inbetween their lock filled with rosettes against red, green and yellow grounds, on the cavetto a band of intertwined stylised split palmettes against a blue ground, the exterior plain, 35.2cm diam. and 6.5cm high. (35.2cm diam. and 6.5cm high)