An Armenian tinned copper votive dish with a wide flaring rim and flat base, inscribed with a six-pointed star and a border of fishes, the reverse with an inscription in clumsy majuscules (probably the name of the donor). Diameter: 12 7/8 in. 18/19th cent.
Some knocks to rim and old dings.
Treasures from the Ark (V. Nersessian, British Library, ...click for details
A small Safavid pottery vase decorated in Chinese style with shaped floral reserves beneath a diaper border in underglaze blue and black. Height: 3 in. (8.0 cm.). Persian, 18th century, probably Kubachi.
