Caption

Bottle, Islamic art, Arabic, early 20th century, Middle East. Vessel with neck slender towards the top, ending with a straight spout; engraved geometric and plant motifs painted with golden-brown paint. Height 21.6 cm; width 10.5 cm., A metallic vessel with a narrow neck flaring into a wider base, shown against a plain light gray background; the vessel has an overall aged silver-gray and muted gold patina with darker gray and brownish areas, and is decorated with engraved repeating leaf and geometric patterns covering the neck and body; a small rounded collar separates the upper neck from the wider midsection, and the base is slightly flared with bands of engraved ornamentation; the surface shows fine textured markings and areas of wear that create subtle variations in silver-gray, gold, brown, and dark gray tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_091

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

Bottle Islamic art Arabic early 20th century Middle East Vessel neck slender towards top ending straight spout engraved geometric plant motifs painted golden-brown paint Height 21.6 cm width 10.5 cm metallic vessel narrow neck flaring wider base shown plain light gray background vessel aged silver-gray muted gold patina darker gray brownish areas decorated engraved repeating leaf geometric patterns covering neck body small rounded collar separates upper neck wider midsection base slightly flared bands engraved ornamentation surface fine textured markings areas wear create subtle variations silver-gray gold brown dark gray tones.