Two Safavid Blue and White Jars, 17th Century, Together With a Cup, 14th CenturyConsisting of two bulbous 'drug' jars decorated with stylized roundels, lappets, and patterned bands; the cup unglazed with two bands of cold-painted blue, tallest height 4 in — 10.2 cmNote:Many Safavid potteries were a product of kilns located in the province of Kirman (modern day Kerman, Iran). Fine Ming dynasty Chinese porcelains had been imported into Iran since the fourteenth century, forming a number of impressive and highly-treasured royal and private collections. When supplies of this highly revered commodity began to dwindle in the seventeenth century, local craftsmen had wealth of material to study from. The result was a unique product of local city workshops and artisans, which interpreted standard Ming elements such as Kraak-style panels, lotus scrolls, and lappets, into their own definitive works of art under the Safavid Empire.Estimate: $500—800