Dish
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Measurements
23 mm (Height); 107 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Iran
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339870
Summary
Persian or Indian lacquered wood saucer dish, black background showing four reclining courtiers and two orange fox like animals. Red and green floral decoration overall. Outer rim showing tiger, two deer, a white bear, and two fox creatures. Similar design to 1339866 - same figures.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.