Caption

Bowl, Abdullazad Mirza Baba fl. ante 1939, Qajar dynasty 1785–1925, 2nd half of the 19th century, Iran. Glazed ceramic vessel tableware, height 7.5 cm, diameter 17.4 cm. Decoration: knightly and figurative scenes with horses and falcons; rims decorated with figures, architecture, flowers, animals, palmettes, and inscriptions. Styles/subjects: Islamic art; Persian art; ceramics., A shallow ceramic bowl with a rounded rim sits against a muted gray background, decorated around its exterior with painted figurative scenes and floral motifs in blue, green, brown, and cream tones; a band of blue decorative shapes runs beneath the rim, and a border of similar blue elements encircles the lower edge above a foot with mottled green and cream glazing, while the painted figures and surrounding foliage display blue clothing and brown hair and accents, all set on a cream-colored ground.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_304

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Rights managed

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58.1Mb (1.1Mb) / 18.0in x 12.5in / 5397 x 3763 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl Abdullazad Mirza Baba fl ante 1939 Qajar dynasty 1785–1925 2nd half 19th century Iran Glazed ceramic vessel tableware height 7.5 cm diameter 17.4 cm Decoration knightly figurative scenes horses falcons rims decorated figures architecture flowers animals palmettes inscriptions Styles subjects Islamic art Persian art ceramics shallow ceramic bowl rounded rim sits muted gray background decorated exterior painted figurative scenes floral motifs blue green brown cream tones band blue decorative shapes runs beneath rim border blue elements encircles lower edge foot mottled green cream glazing painted figures surrounding foliage display clothing brown hair accents set cream-colored ground.