underglaze painted fritware, the well decorated in cobalt blue, copper green and russet slip, with composite saz leaf issuing from cactus sprays, flanked by billowing flowering stems, the lip with scroll and rock border within a foliated rim, the blue tinted underside with pierced rim foot and alternating tulip and rosette motifs on the sides, 6cm high; 28.5cm diam.

Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired before 1967.

For a similar design on a slightly earlier dish see Atasoy & Raby 1989, fig.418, p.232.