Bouquet dish, Safavid Iran, 17th century Siliceous ceramic dish with metallic lustre decoration in cobalt blue highlights, depicting a bouquet of carnations in a vase flanked by two cranes with outstretched wings. A frieze of blue rinceaux under the lip and floral decoration under a chevron frieze on the outer wall. Several labels on the back, including "326 Perse 17e siècle", "Mr. Mutiaux n°8", "Denis Bouclain [?] 348". Diameter: 23.4 cm Two fels, minor damage, restoration to the edge, faded decoration in places on the central field.