An Ilkhanid lustre pottery dish, Persia, circa 1300

of shallow form with flattened everted rim on a short foot, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze lustre with a central medallion with a bird watching a fish in a pool and foliage beyond, the cavetto with a scrolling band, the rim with a further band of stylised leaves, the back with a band of stiff leaves and a saw-tooth design at the rim, reverse with various labels and a seal impression in red wax

H. Kevorkian Collection 11.01 (label)
Warren E. Cox Assocs. Inc. Collection, New York, XLXX 122 (label on reverse)

Persian Exhibition, New York, 1940, no. RN 258 (label on reverse)

This is an unusual example of a lustre dish from the Ilkhanid period at a time when production was concentrated on tilework.  Indeed similar designs can be found on late-13th/early-14th century tiles, see for instance an example in the Keir Collection (Grube 1976, p.251, no.191).