Lobed Bottle with Figures and Flowers
Artist
Unknown
CulturePersian
Titles
- Lobed Bottle with Figures and Flowers
Datemid-17th century
MediumStonepaste; polychrome-painted under transparent glaze
Dimensions13 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (33.7 × 21 × 21 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by James and Franci Neely Crane, and Nijad and Zeina Fares
Object number2013.63
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
On view
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Department
Art of the Islamic WorldsObject Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Denmark, 1992; [Christie’s, London, October 6, 2011, sale 7987, lot 202]; [Yacob’s Gallery, London, 2011-2012]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Published References Crowe, Yolande, "Persia and China: Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Musuem 1501-1738." Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2002. Crowe, Yolande, "Safavid Blue and White Bowls and the Chinese Connection." Iran, Vol. 40 (2002), pp. 257-263. British Institute of Persian Studies. Lane, Arthur, "Early Islamic Pottery," 1947, Victoria and Albert. Makarious, Sophie, Maury Charlotte, "Istanbul, Isfahan, Delhi, and Three Capitals of Islaic Art: Masterpieces from the Lourvre Collection," 2008.
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Unknown
First half of 17th century
Stonepaste; polychrome-painted under transparent glaze
2015.64
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
Second half 16th century
Stonepaste; polychrome-painted under transparent glaze
91.35
