Bottle
Very few pieces of Iranian lusterware survive from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, but this technique was revived in the seventeenth century. During this period, lusterware was produced in a relatively limited range of shapes, including elegant bottles, such as the one here, as well as dishes, bowls, cups, ewers and sand-shakers. This bottle may have been used for wine, and has a molded, pear-shaped body with a long neck, and is covered with a silver fitting and sealed with a silver top.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bottle
- Date: late 17th century
- Geography: Made in Iran
- Medium: Stonepaste; luster-painted on opaque blue glaze, with silver fitting
- Dimensions: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Max Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) - Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.170
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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probably late 17th century
1640–50
second half 17th century
17th century
17th century
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