Description:

North Africa, Morocco, Fez (Fes) region, ca. 19th century CE. A remarkable pottery bowl known as a mokhfia, presenting a round bottom and thick, curved walls that rise to a flared rim above a shallow basin, all sitting upon a ring-form base. Adorned in hues of powder blue, seafoam green, viridian, and black atop a white glaze ground, the interior of the graceful dish is skillfully hand-painted with a central hexagon motif surrounded by 6 roundels, all filled with scrolling vegetal and spiraling abstract designs. A series of black curvilinear striations adorns the rim, while the exterior features a plain, white glaze with gorgeous areas of craquelure. Mokhfias are used for serving couscous and are pierced through the foot for displaying on a wall when not in use. Note the modern metal wire looped to the perforated foot of this example, allowing the elegant vessel to be easily suspended for show. Size: 15.8" Diameter x 3.9" H (40.1 cm x 9.9 cm)

Provenance: ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998

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#168872

  • Condition: Some small areas of loss on rim. Expected nicks, pitting, and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, excellent with rich earthen deposits, nice remaining pigments, and great craquelure.

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