Plate

Plain rim, shallow body, ring base. White paste, white slip, transparent glaze. Underglaze decoration in cobalt blue, turquoise, dark green, yellow, manganese purple and brownish red, with black outlines. At the centre, a calligraphic inscription in the shape of a pitcher is surrounded by tulips and other flowers on intertwining stems. The rim is framed with a border of cobalt blue. The base is stamped in the Arabic script, "Hilmi - Kütahya".