**Originally Listed At $350**

North Africa, Morocco, Fez (Fes) region, ca. 19th century CE. This is a lovely traditional style of Moroccan pottery known as a mokhfia with the popular tronja motif across the interior basin in a colorful glazing. The dish has a tall ring foot that supports the flared walls and broad shoulder. The exterior of the rim and lip is decorated with a white ground glaze and wavy dark brown linear pattern, and the interior basin is almost completely covered with a geometric and vibrant pattern known as a tronja or turtle pattern that radiates from the central rosette with linear mesh forms and concentric circles, symmetrically arranged in 5 sections in cobalt, saffron yellow, teal, and dark brown. Mokhfias are used for serving couscous and are pierced through the foot for displaying on a wall when not in use, doubling as decorative items. Size: 10.65" Diameter x 4.5" H (27.1 cm x 11.4 cm)

For a similar example, please see the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number: M.2002.1.309

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

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#165849

Repaired from 5 pieces with old repairs using iron wires or staples top hold piece together. The 2 rim pieces are slightly loose and should be reinforced, and loss to rim in this area. Mineral and earthen deposits throughout. Surface abrasions and pitting. Motifs has areas of fading and darkening, but intact and clearly discernable.