Bottle in the Form of a Lute Player
analysis recently confirmed its twentieth-century date.
In 1907 the Frenchman L.-O. Olmer, a professor of physics and chemistry in Tehran, wrote of a visit to a ceramics workshop that produced imitations of ancient pieces, sometimes with excellent results, and sold them to foreigners.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bottle in the Form of a Lute Player
- Date: early 20th century
- Medium: Stonepaste; molded, turquoise-glazed, partially gilded
- Dimensions: Ht. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
W. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
D. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm) - Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
- Object Number: 22.218
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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6779. Molded bottle in the form of a lute player
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