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This Qajar dish features three separate compartments and highly decorated exterior panels. Each side of the dish is decorated with a pair of young female faces that alternate with abstract deep blue designs. The interor panels lack decoration aside from the bases of each compartment which contain blue painted floral sprays. The craftmanship of the dish finds roots in the Kashan tradition of the 12th and 13th centuries, making it a testament to the continuation of traditional techniques in the region by the 19th century. 
Iranian (Iranian)
Shallow open box with three compartments, adorned with women's faces
19th century
Museum Purchase
1957/1.99
This Qajar plate is intricately decorated with negative incised floral designs on concentric brown bands which encircle the center and rim. The paste is a gray-white with a glossy glaze applied.The concentric bands alternate between purple-brown and green-white. The plate is signed on the bottom exterior: Hussayn Muhammad, 1286.<br /><br /><br /> This plate is a representative example of the pottery associated with the town of Nayin in the 19th century. It is made of white paste covered with a brown slip around the inside rim. Through the slip, a floral design has been incised and a dull transparent glaze has been applied. Some other examples are more elaborately decorated with bouquets of flowers or lengthy inscriptions in the center portion of the interior.<br />  
Iranian (Iranian)
Plate
1852 – 1853
Museum Purchase
1957/1.97
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