Caption

Bowl, Islamic art, Arabic; 20th century, Middle East, possibly Palestine; vessel, height 4.3 cm, diameter 5.8 cm. Decoration with braided and arabesque motifs in cartouches; background punched., A metal goblet with a rounded bowl and a short pedestal base, showing a mottled surface in brass tones of gold and olive with areas of darker brown and green patina; the bowl is decorated with oval medallions outlined in a coppery pink and filled with textured backgrounds and raised swirling motifs in silvery white and darker metal tones, and a raised wavy silver band runs near the rim; the stem and base display worn gold and bronze coloration with small spots where the surface has been rubbed to a lighter silvery tone; the overall palette includes gold, olive, brown, green, coppery pink, and silvery white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_125

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.6Mb (835.5Kb) / 14.8in x 11.7in / 4430 x 3522 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl Islamic art Arabic 20th century Middle East Palestine vessel height 4.3 cm diameter 5.8 cm Decoration braided arabesque motifs cartouches background punched metal goblet rounded bowl short pedestal base showing mottled surface brass tones gold olive areas darker brown green patina bowl decorated oval medallions outlined coppery pink filled textured backgrounds raised swirling motifs silvery white darker metal tones raised wavy silver band runs near rim stem base display worn bronze coloration small spots surface rubbed lighter silvery tone palette includes brown green silvery white.