Decorator, Les Collections, Celebres, D'Oeuvres D'Art, Plat Persan, From the Collection De M Le Baron de Shwiter, Plate 3, 1864

A deep dish, of which we give here the drawing, is one of the beautiful specimens of this Asian manufacturer. The artist will notice with what art the four mother colors which decorate it are arranged, in order to remain in all their frankness and to produce all their effect.

The pure white which separates them always brings back, independent of each other, these tones of turquoise, lapis, coral, and emerald.

The flowery arabesque constantly contrasts with the mathematical arabesque, and the eye, satisfied by the variety, rested by the symmetry, rejoiced in a word by the charm of the form and by that of the color, never experiences fatigue or boredom. It is the law of picturesque beauty in all its power