Dish with Two Fighting Lions, ca. 1635, Made in Iran, possibly Mashhad, Stonepaste; incised and painted under transparent glaze, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Ceramics, In the second quarter of the seventeenth century, Chinese blue-and-white porcelain production decreased and Iranian potters stepped up manufacture of Chinese-inspired blue-and-white ceramics. The two lions, the swirling fleshy clouds with their vegetal appearance, and the repeating scroll all allude to blue-and-white Chinese export ware
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Dish, Two Fighting Lions, ca, 1635, Iran, Mashhad, Stonepaste, incised, painted under transparent glaze, H, 3 1/4, 8.3 cm, Ceramics, second quarter, seventeenth century, Chinese blue, white porcelain production, decreased, Iranian potters, stepped, up, manufacture, Chinese-inspired ceramics, two lions, swirling fleshy, clouds, vegetal appearance, repeating scroll, allude, blue, Chinese, export, ware
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