Caption

Bowl, 20th century, Palestine, Middle East; Islamic art, Arabic; vessel with arabesque and geometric motifs, punched background; height 4.3 cm, diameter 5.6 cm., A shallow metal bowl on a flared pedestal base, showing an aged metallic surface with gold, brass, brown, copper, and silver tones; the bowl exterior has decorative raised patterns with curved and looping motifs in copper and silver against a darker gold-brass ground, and areas of worn finish and patina revealing brown and darker metallic patches; the pedestal has irregular gold highlights and darker brown areas, and the whole object sits on a reflective neutral surface with a pale gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_138

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.1Mb (738.9Kb) / 13.8in x 11.3in / 4125 x 3402 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl 20th century Palestine Middle East Islamic art Arabic vessel arabesque geometric motifs punched background height 4.3 cm diameter 5.6 cm shallow metal bowl flared pedestal base showing aged metallic surface gold brass brown copper silver tones bowl exterior decorative raised patterns curved looping motifs silver darker gold-brass ground areas worn finish patina revealing darker metallic patches pedestal irregular gold highlights darker brown areas whole object sits reflective neutral surface pale gray background.