A Timurid blue and white dish, probably Tabriz, Persia, 15th century

of shallow form with a flattened rim on a distinctive narrow foot, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a large central medallion enclosing an aquatic bird and three fish swimming amongst waterweed, the rim with a narrow band of undulating scrolls, the cavetto left plain, the back with a continuous leafy scroll with five flowerheads

breaks and repairs with plaster infill and touching in along the break lines, some iron staining in the glaze, as viewed
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The "Tabriz Narrow-foot" style dish, as defined by Golombek, Mason and Bailey, has typically a large central medallion enclosing a fish, bird or floral design in a double- or triple-line roundel. The back of this example is more finely decorated and finished than in other examples in the Hermitage Museum, but the narrow straight foot is clearly diagnostic of the group (see Golombek, Mason and Bailey 1996, pp.224-226, pls.68-71).