**Originally Listed At $450**

North Africa, Morocco, Fez (Fes) region, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An elegant Fassi style pottery dish for serving couscous known as a Mokhfia. Boasting elaborate blue-on-white decoration, the stunning dish displays thick walls that rise to a broad, raised rim above a shallow basin, all sitting upon a ring-form foot. The interior is meticulously hand-painted with complex floral, vegetal, and geometric motifs, while the exterior remains minimalist and bare, enveloped only in a glaze of creamy white with liberal remains of blue pigment in scattered areas providing a slight contrast. A pair of perforations pierce the circular foot - one of which is strung with a modern blue and white rope, allowing the graceful vessel to be suspended when not in use. Size: 16.1" Diameter x 3.8" H (40.9 cm x 9.7 cm)

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

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Some minor areas of loss to rim, interior, and foot. Pitting to exterior. Expected nicks, chips, and abrasions throughout, commensurate with age and use. Otherwise, excellent with impressive decoration. Modern rope strung to foot.