Dish

This small fritware dish was made in Iran between the late 13th or early 14th century. It is made of a paste composed of a little quantity of white clay, ground quartz and ground clear glass. It was fired with a heavy, dark cobalt-blue glaze. The decoration was then applied over the glaze.

The dish is small in size, circular with a low base, slightly sloping sides and everted rim. It is decorated with Chinese-inspired birds and foliage. Around the rim runs a frieze of pseudo-inscription.

This type of ware is known as 'lajvardina' ware. It was generally decorated with abstract or floral motifs only, and only rarely, like in this case, with Chinese-inspired animals. Tiles were also produced of this type and some are known to survive from the palace of Abaqa Khan on the Takht-i Suleiman in Iran.

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