Vase

NEP96

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iran | Rayy

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number NEP96
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iran | Rayy
Date Made 1100-1199 CE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Technique Glazed
Description

Pear shape, lustre decorated with 4 female figures between 4 apertures.

From 1916 catalogue: Persian flower rosadon vase. Pear shape with everted neck. The shoulder sustaining 4 projecting bulbous apertures. Grayish grit body with silicious glazing invested with a brilliant brown metallic lustred decoration, the details including four small medallions with female figures, posed between the four projecting segments-- and a check diapering at the neck.

Credit Line Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1915
Other Number Getz 312 - Other Number

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