Brown and white bottle of baluster form, with bulbous body, slender ridged neck and globular mouth. The body is decorated with a large band of panels filled with foliate forms, pseudo-calligraphic bands and inscriptions around the shoulder, and foliate cartouches to neck and mouth.
AKM560, Multi-Patterened Bottle

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Multi-Patterened Bottle
  • Accession Number:AKM560
  • Place:Iran
  • Dimensions:21.5 cm
  • Date:early 13th century
  • Materials and Technique:Fritware, with lustre-painting on an opaque white glaze (lustre ware)

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