Details

Object type

bottle

Culture/School

Islamic; Persian; Seljuk

Place Associated

Asia, Middle East, Iran, Kashan (place of manufacture)

Date

12th century

Materials

Frit body, white opaque glaze, lustre overglaze

Dimensions

overall: 291 mm x 193 mm x 190 mm 1258 g

Description

Bulbous lustre ceramic bottle with a long narrow neck. The body holds four human figures in four roundels, painted in reverse where the background of the scenes is coloured in lustre leaving the subjects to appear in the white of the opaque glaze under the lustre. The neck is decorated with plain lustre bands and a lustre vegetal scroll. The rim of the bottle sits on a wide disk and slightly flares out at the top. Each of the four figures in the roundels is sitting in the open air with a simple leaf composition behind it. The figures, males, are sitting cross legged and raising their hands in various gestures. Their round faces and long hair gives the impression that they may be female, but this is most probably not the case.

Credit Line/Donor

Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944

Collection

Burrell Collection: Persian and Syrian Items [including Luristan Bronzes]

ID Number

33.143

Location

Burrell Collection