Caption

Ram, Islamic art, Persian Qajar dynasty, 1785–1925, 1st half of the 19th century, Iran; sculpture; animal figurine ram with horns; decorated on the back with medallions and palmettes with floral ornament; geometric motifs; materials not specified; height 22.5 cm, width 20.5 cm, depth 9.0 cm, weight 0.64 kg., A sculptural object resembling an elongated animal form sits upright on a reflective surface; it is primarily dark gray with a weathered metallic texture and has decorative motifs in muted gold and lighter gray. The object features a rounded body with a tapered head-like end and curving horn- or leg-like appendages extending from the lower portion, all sharing the same dark gray tone. Several ornate patterns in gold appear on the top surface and along the sides, including symmetrical medallion shapes and small floral or starlike embellishments in light gray. The reflective surface below shows a soft mirror image of the object in pale gray. The background is a smooth, even light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_492

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Rights managed

Available size

67.5Mb (1.5Mb) / 13.1in x 20.0in / 3933 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ram Islamic art Persian Qajar dynasty 1785–1925 1st half 19th century Iran sculpture animal figurine ram horns decorated back medallions palmettes floral ornament geometric motifs materials specified height 22.5 cm width 20.5 cm depth 9.0 cm weight 0.64 kg sculptural object resembling elongated animal form sits upright reflective surface primarily dark gray weathered metallic texture decorative motifs muted gold lighter gray object features rounded body tapered head- curving horn- leg- appendages extending lower portion sharing dark gray tone Several ornate patterns gold top surface sides symmetrical medallion shapes small floral starlike embellishments light gray soft mirror image object pale gray background smooth even light gray.