(PC-156)


  • Region: Likely Isfahan or Shiraz, Persia.
  • Estimated Date of Production: Late 1600s to mid 1700s.
  • Dimensions: 190 mm in height, 93 mm in circumference (both measurements excluding spout).
  • Weight: 239 grams
  • Colour: Medium Cobalt Blue
  • Technique:

    Open pontilled, shaped foot, applied ring, finger handle, rigaree, decorated spout. Gilt paint mostly intact.

  • Description:

    Delightful, fine, classic late Persian ewer. Very similar to PC-131.

  • Built By:
  • Provenance: Purchased 2013, formerly in a New York City collection – still bears the auction house tag from its previous purchase in the 1950s.
  • Condition: Near mint.
  • Literature: Substantial.
  • Related Works outside of this collection:

    Substantial. Metropolitan Museum has 40+.