A BLACK AND TURQUOISE-PAINTED 'DOME OF THE ROCK' STYLE POTTERY BOWL
Possibly Jerusalem, Holy Land, late 19th - early 20th century

Of deep rounded shape, resting on a short circular foot, underglaze-painted in black on a turquoise ground, decorated with a central quatrefoil filled with a rosette roundel in the middle of a stellar intertwined geometric motif and stylised lotus flowers on the outer portions of each petal, the negative background space featuring Chinese cloud collar bands on black and saz leaves on turquoise, the cavetto with a wide frieze of scrolling rosette and saz leaf trellis within two concentric black lines, the exterior repeating a similar floral spray of the cavetto with minor variations, 30cm diam. and 12.5cm high.