underglaze painted fritware, the well with star medallion containing a mythical wild animal amidst densely arranged flowers, bordered with a black sgraffito band, the cavetto with chinoiserie flower and leaf forms, the lip with painted bracket band, the underside of the cavetto with scrolling leafy tendrils, faux Chinese marks inside the foot, 9cm high; 46.5cm diam.

Sgraffito bands which are seen in earlier pottery from Kashan are also seen in later Safavid blue and white. For related large-scale dishes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see Crowe 2002, nos.281-284.