**Originally Listed At $400**

North Africa, Morocco, Fez region, ca. 19th century CE. A splendid pottery bowl known as a mokhfia, presenting a round bottom and thick walls that swoop outwards to a wide rim above a shallow basin, all sitting upon a ring-form base. Adorned in hues of lemon, cobalt, seafoam green, and black atop a white glaze ground, the interior of the elegant vessel features an elaborate motif of a flower within a flower, all decorated with abstract geometric and linear designs. Alternatively, the exterior of the vessel exhibits a horizontal, zigzag striation that encircles the rim. Mokhfias are used for serving couscous and are pierced through the foot for displaying on a wall when not in use. Note the vegetal fiber rope that is tied to the foot of this example for suspension. An iron plate fused to the walls of the vessel acts as an old repair and demonstrates that the dish was so dear to its owner that they took care to repair it with another medium rather than replace it. Size: 11.1" Diameter x 4.7" H (28.2 cm x 11.9 cm)

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

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#168883

Old repair with iron plate on area of rim and wall. Minor losses to rim and foot, as well as nicks, chips, and abrasions. Otherwise, very nice with great remaining pigments and light earthen deposits.