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. Persian/Islamic art; ceramics., A shallow ceramic bowl with a rounded foot, shown against a plain light gray background, featuring painted decorative bands and figural scenes around its exterior in colors including blue, green, brown, and cream; the rim and upper band display blue floral and scroll motifs, while the main body shows a group of stylized human figures and animals rendered in brown and green outlines with blue accents, and the lower portion has a repeated blue petal-like border above the foot.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_305

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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 Persian Islamic art ceramics shallow ceramic bowl rounded foot shown plain light gray background featuring painted decorative bands figural scenes exterior colors blue green brown cream rim upper band display floral scroll motifs main body group stylized human figures animals rendered green outlines blue accents lower portion repeated petal- border foot.