Persian cobalt blue / iron brown glazed jar |
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It has a deep, round shape and is supported by a short foot. The rim is everted and cusped.
The interior is painted underglaze in cobalt blue on an off-white ground. The design features seven stylized flower heads with abstract vegetal motifs in between...
It is an Islamic blue-and-white jar with an elegant tapering baluster form, featuring a short neck and an everted flat rim, standing on a low splayed foot ring. The body is hand-painted in blue on white ground, displaying five-lobed medallions that enclose a floral design, which is covered with a thick crackle glaze...
The interior is painted under the glaze in dark brown on an amber color background with a large flower head with cusped lip formed by a central bud with eight emerging petals...
The panel consists of three tiles made of red earthenware stone paste ( (also known as Fritware) coated in black manganese glaze. These tiles are intricately carved with an elaborate cartouche that contains an Arabic calligraphy Naskh script on an uneven, chiseled, pale background...
What makes this piece unique is the rare ornamentation on the interior walls. The intricate design depicts a tiger and a horned bull, a rare composition in Islamic art...
Most of these types of bowls are decorated with the Arabic inscription Kufic only around the rim or only in the center of the interior...