Caption

Bottle, Persian, Qajar dynasty 1785–1925, glazed ceramic vessel bottle, 19th century, Iran; ceramics with decoration in bronze lines and stylized feathery twigs; diagonally knobbed foot edge; height 19.0 cm, width 12.0 cm., A ceramic vessel with an elongated bulbous body and a flared, ridged base sits against a pale lavender-gray background; the vessel is predominantly off-white with dark brown linear and botanical painted decoration forming vertical panels of leafy motifs and small circular rosette-like accents, the rim shows areas of exposed clay in a tan color, and the glossy surface creates a subtle reflection of the object on the smooth surface beneath.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_282

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71.2Mb (870.1Kb) / 13.8in x 20.0in / 4145 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bottle Persian Qajar dynasty 1785–1925 glazed ceramic vessel bottle 19th century Iran ceramics decoration bronze lines stylized feathery twigs diagonally knobbed foot edge height 19.0 cm width 12.0 cm ceramic vessel elongated bulbous body flared ridged base sits pale lavender-gray background vessel predominantly off-white dark brown linear botanical painted forming vertical panels leafy motifs small circular rosette- accents rim areas exposed clay tan color glossy surface creates subtle reflection object smooth surface beneath.