Caption

Bowl, Abdullazad Mirza Baba fl. ante 1939, Islamic art, Persian, Qajar dynasty 1785–1925; 2nd half of the 19th century, Iran. Glazed ceramic household vessel/tableware bowl; height 8 cm, diameter 19 cm. Decoration: figurative scenes including female images, dragons, demons, figures, and a horse; palmettes; rim decoration resembling architecture ziggurat., A shallow ceramic bowl on a short foot with painted decoration shows a scene of a seated human figure wearing a hat and holding a round object, surrounded by stylized plant motifs and abstract flourishes; the painted palette includes blue, white, brown, green, and cream tones; the bowl rim has a decorative band and the surface shows signs of age and wear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_309

License type

Rights managed

Available size

65.4Mb (1.3Mb) / 19.3in x 13.2in / 5790 x 3945 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl Abdullazad Mirza Baba fl ante 1939 Islamic art Persian Qajar dynasty 1785–1925 2nd half 19th century Iran Glazed ceramic household vessel tableware bowl height 8 cm diameter 19 cm Decoration figurative scenes female images dragons demons figures horse palmettes rim decoration resembling architecture ziggurat shallow ceramic bowl short foot painted decoration scene seated human figure wearing hat holding round object surrounded stylized plant motifs abstract flourishes painted palette includes blue white brown green cream tones bowl rim decorative band surface signs age wear.