A Timurid blue and white dish, probably Tabriz, Persia, circa 1500

of shallow form with flattened rim on a short foot, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a central floral bouquet in a double-line roundel, the cavetto with large chrysanthemum flowerheads separated by foliate stems, the rim with stylised breaking wave border, the back with a broad band of zig-zag pattern, foot pierced for suspension

Compare a similar example in the Royal Ontario Museum attributed to Tabriz (?) (inv. no. 909.25.8), see Golombek, Mason and Bailey 1996, plate 72, col. pl. XV.