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 with female images, dragons, demons, figures, horse, palmettes; rim decoration resembling architecture ziggurat., A ceramic bowl with a short pedestal base shown against a gray background, decorated with hand-painted motifs in blue, dark green, brown, and cream. The bowl's exterior band features floral and leaf-like patterns, curving scrolls, and a scene with a seated human figure rendered in blue and brown tones. The rim area has a narrow decorative border with intersecting hatch patterns and small floral elements in blue and green. The lower edge of the bowl above the foot has a repeating wave or petal border painted in blue. The surface shows areas of glaze variation and slight wear along the rim and foot.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_312

License type

Rights managed

Available size

65.4Mb (1.2Mb) / 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 ceramic bowl short pedestal base shown gray background decorated hand-painted motifs blue dark green brown cream bowl's exterior band features floral leaf- patterns curving scrolls scene seated human figure rendered brown tones rim area narrow decorative border intersecting hatch patterns small floral elements green lower edge foot repeating wave petal border painted surface areas glaze variation slight wear rim foot.