This jug is part of a group characterised by monochromatic glaze and moulded decoration; the preferred colours for mono-chromo moulded wares seemed to have been turquoise, cobalt-blue and white and the decoration was often influenced by contemporaneous metalwork.

The body of the jug is divided into two clear sections: the central part which bears plain vertical grooves, the shoulder is decorated with animals against interlacing leaves, hexagonal sections which are constructed with two intertwining bands filled with palmettes. These motifs recall contemporaneous metal wares and were probably directly influenced by the contemporaneous metalwork production.

A blue bottle contemporaneous to this jug and comparable for moulded decoration is now in the Sarikhani Collection. Two turquoise moulded jugs, with the neck decorated with roundels close to this one, are in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection and the David Collection. a moulded turquoise jug with a body decorated with grooves is in the Michail Collection5.

1. For the shape and grooves see contemporaneous Khurasan production, British Museum, London, inv.no. 1848,0805.1 or Victoria & Albert Museum, London, inv.no. 592-1898.
2. The Sarikhani Collection, Oxfordshire, inv.no.I.CE.2080; published in Watson 2020, p.198, no.100.
3. The Nasser D. Khalili Collection, London, inv.no.POT103; published in Grube 1994, p.170, no.160.
4. The David Collection, Copenhagen, inv.no.3/1962; published in von Folsach 2001, p.155, no.177.
5. The Michail Collection, Milan, published in Curatola 2006, p.78 and 174.