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Luster-Painted Bottle

second half 17th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 462
In the seventeenth century, lusterware production was revived in Iran. Painted with dark red‑brown luster on a cream-colored ground, this bottle is decorated with cypresses, birds, spiky flowers, and grass. In contrast to Safavid blue-and-white ceramics, lusterware was produced in a limited range of shapes, such as bottles, small cups, sand shakers, and bowls.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Luster-Painted Bottle
  • Date: second half 17th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Iran
  • Medium: Stonepaste; luster-painted on opaque white glaze, with silver fittings
  • Dimensions: H. 14 in. (35.6 cm)
    Diam. 7 1/2 in. (91.1 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.199.4a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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