Bottle belly, glazed ceramic bottle, utility vessel decorated with cicadas, Persian Islamic art, 18th century, Iran; height 10.2 cm, diameter 14.1 cm., A small rounded ceramic vessel with a short foot and a narrow irregular opening, decorated with a repeating vertical pattern in blue on a pale cream background, showing areas of wear and slight discoloration; the surface has visible crackle and some brownish spots, and the object sits on a reflective pale gray surface against a soft light gray background.
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Bottle belly, glazed ceramic bottle, utility vessel decorated with cicadas, Persian Islamic art, 18th century, Iran; height 10.2 cm, diameter 14.1 cm., A small rounded ceramic vessel with a short foot and a narrow irregular opening, decorated with a repeating vertical pattern in blue on a pale cream background, showing areas of wear and slight discoloration; the surface has visible crackle and some brownish spots, and the object sits on a reflective pale gray surface against a soft light gray background.

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Bottle belly glazed ceramic bottle utility vessel decorated cicadas Persian Islamic art 18th century Iran height 10.2 cm diameter 14.1 cm small rounded ceramic vessel short foot narrow irregular opening decorated repeating vertical pattern blue pale cream background showing areas wear slight discoloration surface visible crackle brownish spots object sits reflective pale gray surface soft light gray background.

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