Caption

Bowl, late 19th century, Iran. Ceramic vessel, height 8.5 cm, diameter 19 cm. Decoration on the rim: Rostam, with a dragon and Majnun i Lejla and the date 1893. Persian, Qajar dynasty 1785–1925. Figural scenes, literary motifs; imagery includes dragons and birds. Function: tableware/utility ceramic., A shallow ceramic bowl with a flared rim and a short foot rests against a plain mauve-gray background; the bowl's surface is primarily off-white with green painted decorative motifs including stylized plant forms and scrolling patterns, and there are areas of brownish-orange pigment on parts of the decoration; the rim shows a narrow band of darker green ornament and the lower body repeats green motifs above a green horizontal border, while the foot is off-white with some signs of wear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_298

License type

Rights managed

Available size

67.0Mb (1.2Mb) / 20.0in x 13.0in / 6000 x 3902 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl late 19th century Iran Ceramic vessel height 8.5 cm diameter 19 cm Decoration rim Rostam dragon Majnun i Lejla date 1893 Persian Qajar dynasty 1785–1925 Figural scenes literary motifs imagery includes dragons birds Function tableware utility ceramic shallow ceramic bowl flared rim short foot rests plain mauve-gray background bowl's surface primarily off-white green painted decorative motifs stylized plant forms scrolling patterns areas brownish-orange pigment parts decoration narrow band darker green ornament lower body repeats green motifs green horizontal border foot off-white signs wear.