Descriptive Note: Body of plate, wine and bird motif. Green luster. Center medallion 2 seated figures and inscription carrying date and place of manufacture. [Kashan workshop, 604H] Inscription in central roundel states this was made in 604H [1211 CE] "Decorated in lustre paint on an opaque white glaze with central medallion of two seated figures surrounded by an inscription containing the date of the plate: Safar, 608 A.H."
Culture: Persian
Credit Line: Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1924
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