FOUR BLUE AND WHITE CHINESE-INSPIRED POTTERY DISHES
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Qajar Iran, 19th century

Comprising four shallow circular dishes, each with a gently everted rim, resting on a short circular foot, underglaze painted in shades of cobalt blue against white ground, each with Chinese-inspired designs, two featuring flowers and circling birds, one with four vegetal-palmettes in the centre, and the final with a dense floral garden design, all with the same foliate border, the reverse of each with blue rules to the feet and ribbon-motifs to the rim, the largest 21cm diam., the smallest 17cm diam.