TWO SMALL TURQUOISE AND PURPLE SPLASH-WARE POTTERY DISHES
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Kashan, Iran, 12th century

Comprising two small dishes of typical circular shape, each resting on a short splayed foot, each rim decorated with scalloped manganese purple brushstrokes enhanced with turquoise dots in the negative spaces, the centre of one dish with a moulded rosette and petal design, the other with a knotwork medallion to the centre with a foliate border, 14.9cm diam. and 15.2cm diam.