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Ewer
Ewer with Protruding Lip
Vase
Ewer with Lamp-shaped Spout
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 451
This ewer demonstrates a continuation of Parthian and Sasanian forms during the early Islamic period in Iran. The lobed forms represent mountains and the vertical lines surmounted by budlike shapes are probably plants. Its overall composition and motifs demonstrate the transition from a figural style to a growing taste for rhythmic repeating patterns. The handle is shaped like an elongated cat peering at the heads of two birds depicted on the rim of the vessel, as though about to pounce.
Prince Orloff, Russia (probably by 1912); [ Demotte, Inc., New York]; [ Brummer Gallery, New York, by 1940–47; sold to MMA]
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