Lobed, footed dish

The form of this small footed dish with petal shapes along the rim is a rarity for Persian ceramics and it may be a direct imitation of imported Chinese wares known in Persia by the twelfth century. Two other aspects of the dish are hallmarks of Persian ceramics, however: the turquoise glaze and the incised decoration, which imitates kuficstyle Arabic inscriptions but does not actually say anything.