Caption

Bowl, 2nd half of the 19th century, Iran Qajar dynasty, Persian; 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. Cultural/ stylistic: Persian, Islamic art., A shallow ceramic bowl with a rounded foot, shown from the side, decorated with painted figurative scenes and ornamental bands; the bowl displays a palette of blue, green, brown, cream, and pale turquoise, with darker blue outlining and accents, and areas of brownish-red on the painted figures; the rim shows a thin darker edge and the interior and exterior carry repeating floral and scroll motifs, while the exterior band includes stylized animal-like figures and a patterned rectangular panel, all rendered in the same limited color range against a cream background, set against a plain light gray-purple backdrop.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_306

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.1Mb (1.5Mb) / 18.0in x 12.5in / 5397 x 3763 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl 2nd half 19th century Iran Qajar dynasty Persian 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 Cultural stylistic Islamic art shallow ceramic bowl rounded foot shown side decorated painted figurative scenes ornamental bands bowl displays palette blue green brown cream pale turquoise darker blue outlining accents areas brownish-red painted figures rim thin darker edge interior exterior carry repeating floral scroll motifs exterior band includes stylized animal- patterned rectangular panel rendered limited color range cream background set plain light gray-purple backdrop.