Pear-Shaped Bottle with a Bullock Design, second half 17th century, Made in Iran, Stonepaste; luster-painted on opaque white glaze, H. 10 in. (25.4 cm), Ceramics, Very few pieces of Iranian lusterware survive from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, but this technique was revived in the seventeenth century. During this period, lusterware was produced in a relatively limited range of shapes, including elegant bottles, such as the one here, as well as dishes, bowls, cups, ewers and sand-shakers
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Pear-Shaped Bottle, Bullock Design, second half 17th century, Iran, Stonepaste, luster-painted, opaque white glaze, H, 10, 25.4 cm, Ceramics, pieces, Iranian lusterware survive, fifteenth, sixteenth centuries, technique, revived, seventeenth, period, lusterware, produced, relatively limited, range, shapes, elegant bottles, well, dishes, bowls, cups, ewers, sand-shakers
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