Bidspirit auction | A large Safavid blue and

A large Safavid blue and white pottery bowl - A large Safavid blue and white pottery bowl Iran, 17th century Resting on a slightly flared circular foot and shoulder terminating in a straight edge. The exterior with decoration outlined in black and coloured with cobalt blue underneath, painted with vertical lobed panels containing birds among flowers interspersed with smaller panels with abstract decoration. The upper inner border featuring a band containing birds in flight over a lake landscape and a central roundel with two fawns among plants.Objects of this type had spread to Persia as an emulation of Chinese porcelain, which had penetrated into Iran with the pax mongolica and over the centuries Persianised with black outline and local subjects. 28 X H. 14.5 cm