A fine Kashan lustre dish with intertwined dragons and inscriptions, Persia, early 13th century

of deep rounded form with a flat, in-turned rim, on a thin foot, decorated in overglaze lustre, with a central medallion enclosing a foliate motif, surrounded by an inscriptive band reserved in lustre and bordered by intertwined and confronting dragons, with calligraphy in the cavetto and along the rim, the exterior with large circular designs

Intact, in good condition, very minor abrasion to internal rim and external edge of rim, lustre bright, as viewed.
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inscriptions

Written in lustre around the wall, verses in Persian, undecipherable. 

A bowl of similar form with an in-turned flattened rim is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, inv. no. C1233-1919.