Persian Pottery

The illustrations (from Jacquemart’s History of the Ceramic Art ) are (Fig. 536 ) a bowl of soft porcelain, blue externally and decorated with abundant vegetation and fantastic birds with peacocks’ tails; (Fig. 537 ) a flask, also of soft porcelain, characterized by a blackish-blue scroll encircling the principal subject; and (Fig. 538 ) a faience tile which M. Jacquemart considers pure Mohammedan art, is very interesting for the subject that it represents—the caaba or sacred mosque of Mecca, the object of the Mohammedan pilgrimage. (Consult Souvenir d’un voyage en Perse, Comte de Roch chou art.) IMG:6949005855195395773_fig_538.jpg: Fig. 538. Persian Plaque, with polychrome decoration.