Lot 67. A large 'Kubachi' pottery dish, Safavid North West Iran, early 17th century; 45cm diam. Price realised GBP 10,080 (GBP 10,000 – GBP 15,000). © Christies 2023

The white ground decorated in turquoise, cobalt-blue, bole-red, cream and black, with central cusped roundel containing small rosettes and flowerheads amidst stylised palmettes, the rim with repeating vegetal cartouches, the reverse plain, two drill holes to the foot.

Provenance: With French trade, 18 July 1975 (accompanying label).

Note: At 45cm. in diameter, this Kubachi dish is amongst the largest of the type recorded. The motif of the split palmettes that decorate our dish is found on a Kubachi dish in the Victoria and Albert Museum (819-1904; Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art, Oxford, 1938, pl.794B). There the palmettes are filled with an ochre colour ground around small flowerheads where ours are white reserved against the green ground filled with similar flowerheads.