Bowl with panel-style decoration

This bowl is a classic example of the radiating panel style seen in fourteenth-century Persian ceramics, with its decoration organized into twelve panels of stylized leaves and arabesques, outlined and surrounded by detailed backgrounds. The exterior walls of the bowl have slightly molded indentations, hinting at a close link to the lotus petal molding of some contemporary Chinese bowls. In Persian wares, petals were often painted but not molded. The technical complexity of such ceramics lies in the careful application and control of the metallic and mineral glazes, which have different chemical properties and require different firing times and temperatures.