Bottle
1650-1700 (made)
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Bottle painted in two blues and black. The neck of the bottle has a decorated vase-head with a scroll round its small body and a rim which has been filed down. Two flower sprays decorate the rest of the neck and some of the cobalt has run on the vertical surface. The shoulder is emphasised by a leaf scroll. On the reserve-painted body, three large lotus flowers amidst veined leaves separate three partridges without their legs. They have bib-shaped faces and beady eyes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, underglaze painted in blue |
| Brief description | Bottle, fritware, underglaze painted in underglaze blue and black with partridges; Iran, 1650-1700. |
| Physical description | Bottle painted in two blues and black. The neck of the bottle has a decorated vase-head with a scroll round its small body and a rim which has been filed down. Two flower sprays decorate the rest of the neck and some of the cobalt has run on the vertical surface. The shoulder is emphasised by a leaf scroll. On the reserve-painted body, three large lotus flowers amidst veined leaves separate three partridges without their legs. They have bib-shaped faces and beady eyes. |
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| Accession number | 2495-1876 |
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| Record created | June 18, 2009 |
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