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Iran, 16th c. CE Fritware, underglaze painted.
Inv. no.: MAO 710. Website. For analogous example of "honeycomb" design (but a different central motif), cf. plate dated second half of 15th c. in Victoria and Albert Museum Inv. no.: 559-1905.
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NW Iran, Kubatcha, 17th c. CE. Fritware, painted over slip and under transparent glaze.
Inv. no.: UCAD 27890.
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NW Iran, Kubatcha, 17th c. CE. Fritware, underglaze painted. Such imagery found in miniature painting and on textiles.
Inv. no. OA 5544.
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NW Iran, Kubatcha, 17th c. CE. Fritware, painted over slip and under transparent glaze.
Inv. no.: UCAD 27779.
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NW Iran, Kubatcha, 17th c. CE. Fritware, painted and engraved over slip and under transparent glaze.
Inv. no. UCAD 27778. Website (no photo yet). Cf.: LACMA Inv. no.: M.73.5.380.
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Iran, 17th c. CE. Fritware, underglaze painted.
Inv. no. MAO 660. Website
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NW Iran, 17th c. CE. Fritware, underglaze painted.
Inv. no. MAO 656. Website (photo shows distinctly blue coloration).
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Iran, 17th c. CE. Fritware, painted and engraved over slip and under transparent glaze.
Inv. no.: UCAD 27788. Website (no photo yet).
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Iran, 17th c. CE. Fritware, underglaze painted. Design after 15th-c. Chinese blue and white porcelain.
Inv. no. : MAO 696. Website
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Iran, mid-17th c. CE. Fritware, underglaze painted. So-called "Kraak porcelain" imitating Chinese 16th-century blue and white porcelain similar to that carried on a Portugues carrack (hence "kraak") and brought to Holland for sale in 1602.
Inv. no.: MAO 666. Website
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Iran, beg. of 17th c. CE. Fritware, underglaze painted. Imitating Chinese blue and white ware.
Inv. no.: MAO 695. Website
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Iran, 17th c. CE. Fritware, overglaze lustre painting. Dia.: 14.1 cm. Typical Safavid technique of late 17th c.; motif probably taken from miniature painting.
Inv. no.: OA 3868. Website. Cf.: LACMA Inv. no.: M.2002.1.165.
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Iran, Kirman (?), 17th c. CE. Fritware, underglaze painted.
Inv. no.: MAO 700.
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Iran, Kirman (?), 17th c. CE. Fritware, painted over slip and under transparent glaze.
Inv. no.: OA 8181.
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Iran, Isfahan. 17th c. CE. Fritware, moulded decoration under translucent colored glaze.
Inv. no.: OA 7780. Website. Cf.: LACMA Inv. no.: M.2002.1.143.
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Iran, Kirman (?), 16th c. CE. Fritware, champlevé decoration over colored slip under transparent glaze.
Inv. no.: UCAD 11945. Website (no photo yet).
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Iran, Isfahan, 17th c. Probably from Pavilion of the Forty Columns (Chihil Sutun) built by Shah Abbas II (1642-1646). Fritware, with cuerda seca decoration. 1.15 x 1.75 m.
Inv. no.: OA 3340. Website
Compare the very similar panel in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Inv. no. 139:1-1891.
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Iran, Kashan, 16th c. CE. Silk, asymmetrical knot. Include the kilin, a creature of Chinese origin.
Inv. no.: OA 6741. Website (with good photo of whole).
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NW Iran, Linen, asymmetrical knot.
Inv. nos. OA 6610. Website