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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Brassey, post: 3460946, member: 15277&quot;]I just bought&nbsp; these lovely I E Kuznetsov porcelain cups and saucers. The mark dates them to 1900-1913 .</p><p><br /></p><p>They have Arabic script below the mark which indicates they were for the Persian market. They are so small that they could only have been intended for tiny Turkish style coffees. </p><p><br /></p><p>One cup has the bunch of grapes missing. Do you think this is just a mistake or a deliberate mistake in the tradition of Islamic art to add imperfections because nothing is perfect but Allah?</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose we will never know but it’s an interesting point.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance as always</p><p><br /></p><p>John</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]303354[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]303355[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]303356[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]303357[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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