Caption

Bottle, Islamic art, Arabic culture, geometric and plant motifs, neck slender toward the top ending with a straight spout. Engraved patterns painted with golden-brown paint. Early 20th century, Middle East, vessel, height 21.6 cm, width 10.5 cm., An ornate metal vessel with a narrow neck and flared rim sits upright against a plain light gray background; the vessel displays an overall metallic silver-gray color with areas of darker gray and subtle brownish or bronze tones, and its surface is covered in engraved decorative patterns including leaf-like and curved motifs arranged in bands around the neck, shoulder, and bulbous body, with linear ridges and horizontal bands separating the patterned sections; the base flares outward and shows vertical engraved lines and a slightly reflective surface that creates a faint mirrored reflection on the surface beneath.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_089

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Rights managed

Available size

56.3Mb (1.7Mb) / 10.9in x 20.0in / 3281 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bottle Islamic art Arabic culture geometric plant motifs neck slender top ending straight spout Engraved patterns painted golden-brown paint Early 20th century Middle East vessel height 21.6 cm width 10.5 cm ornate metal vessel narrow neck flared rim sits upright plain light gray background vessel displays metallic silver-gray color areas darker gray subtle brownish bronze tones surface covered engraved decorative patterns leaf- curved motifs arranged bands neck shoulder bulbous body linear ridges horizontal bands separating patterned sections base flares outward vertical engraved lines slightly reflective surface creates faint mirrored reflection surface beneath.