Caption

Bottle for spraying water soaked in perfumes, Islamic art; vessel with plant and floral ornament: multi-leafed undecorated cartouches alternating with small flowers; 19th/20th century; Turkey, / North Africa ; weight 113 g; height 17.5 cm; diameter 8.0 cm., A single metallic vessel with a long narrow neck and a rounded, bulbous body resting on a flared foot is shown against a plain light gray background. The vessel appears silver in color with darker engraved areas creating decorative patterns; the surface shows polished highlights and subtle variations of gray and reflective sheen. The bulbous body features engraved floral and foliate motifs including stylized flower clusters and petal-like shapes, with several scalloped bands encircling the widest part. The neck is smooth with a few incised horizontal bands and faint surface marks, and the foot has molded ridges and a repeating decorative engraved band around its upper edge. The overall appearance is metallic gray and silver with fine darker gray engraved detailing.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_156

License type

Rights managed

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62.5Mb (1.3Mb) / 12.1in x 20.0in / 3643 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bottle spraying water soaked perfumes Islamic art vessel plant floral ornament multi-leafed undecorated cartouches alternating small flowers 19th 20th century Turkey North Africa weight 113 g height 17.5 cm diameter 8.0 cm single metallic vessel long narrow neck rounded bulbous body resting flared foot shown plain light gray background silver color darker engraved areas creating decorative patterns surface polished highlights subtle variations reflective sheen bulbous body features floral foliate motifs stylized flower clusters petal- shapes several scalloped bands encircling widest part neck smooth incised horizontal bands faint marks foot molded ridges repeating decorative band upper edge appearance metallic gray fine darker gray detailing.