Mokhfia aux quatre plumes
Morocco, Fez, 18th century
Painted decoration of yellow enamels, blue green surrounded by manganese on white slip, under transparent glaze. The central decoration depicts a blue flower with six petals. It is surrounded by four swirling blue feathers, stylized thistles and fleurons. The border is decorated with a frieze of wheat ears. Broken, stuck, old restorations.
Diameter : 34cm
A fine Mokhfia with feathers decorations dish, Morocco, 18th century
French private collection from the Bordeaux region, established before 1984.
Related work :
Ali Tazi, "La céramique ancienne de Fès", ed. Marsam, Rabat, 2006, p.101 for a mokhfia with the same decoration
