Caption

Bottle for spraying water soaked in perfumes, Islamic art; vessel with plant and floral ornament; decoration: multi-leafed undecorated cartouches alternating with small flowers. 19th–20th century; possibly Turkey or North Africa. Weight 113 g; height 17.5 cm; diameter 8.0 cm., A tall, teardrop-shaped metal vessel with a long narrow neck and a rounded body, shown against a plain light gray background; the surface of the vessel is metallic silver with darker etched or engraved floral and leaf motifs decorating the bulbous section and a scalloped band near the shoulder; there are raised ornamental medallion-like shapes on the sides and a central floral cluster on the front; the neck has a few subtle horizontal bands and a threaded rim at the top; the foot is flared with layered decorative ridges and a slight dent on one side; overall tones visible are silver, light gray, and subtle darker gray in the engraved details.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_157

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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 decoration multi-leafed undecorated cartouches alternating small flowers 19th–20th century Turkey North Africa Weight 113 g height 17.5 cm diameter 8.0 cm tall teardrop-shaped metal vessel long narrow neck rounded body shown plain light gray background surface metallic silver darker etched engraved floral leaf motifs decorating bulbous section scalloped band near shoulder raised ornamental medallion- shapes sides central floral cluster front neck subtle horizontal bands threaded rim top foot flared layered decorative ridges slight dent side tones visible silver light gray subtle darker gray engraved details.