**Originally Listed At $300**

North Africa, Morocco, Fez (Fes) region, ca. 19th century CE. A lovely pottery bowl known as a mokhfia, presenting a rounded bottom and thick walls that rise to a flared rim, all sitting upon a ring-form foot. Adorned in hues of cobalt, lemon yellow, and emerald atop a white glaze ground, the elegant dish is skillfully hand-painted to feature floral motif inside an octagon at the center surrounded by 8 decorative trapezoids that line the walls, all filled with intricate geometric, lattice, polka dot, and vegetal patterns. A design of diagonal striations additionally embellishes the rim, while nice remains of copper-hued sheets of brass line the foot and rim. Mokhfias are used for serving couscous and are pierced through the foot for displaying on a wall when not in use. Size: 10.7" Diameter x 3.3" H (27.2 cm x 8.4 cm)

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

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#168892

Repaired from several pieces with restoration and repainting over break lines on interior and break lines visible on verso. Loss of some brass on rim. Expected nicks, chips, and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, excellent with nice remaining pigments.