Bowl
Object Label
Max Weber painted this small canvas the year after his marriage, and some scholars have attributed the quiet, decorative sensibility of this and other of his works to the calming influence of domestic life. In this Cubist rendering of a cellist, the figure's closed eyes hint at the ecstasies of making music. The shadowy profile of a woman's head that helps to define the musician's torso and merges with the cello may rely on a traditional iconography in which the curved shapes of the instrument were metaphors for the female form.
Caption
Bowl, 17th–early 18th century. Ceramic, "Gombroon" ware; stone paste, pierced and painted in black under a transparent colorless glaze, Height: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) Diameter: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Roebling Society, 1994.44. Creative Commons-BY
Collection
Collection
Title
Bowl
Date
17th–early 18th century
Period
Safavid Period
Geography
Place made: Iran
Medium
Ceramic, "Gombroon" ware; stone paste, pierced and painted in black under a transparent colorless glaze
Classification
Dimensions
Height: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) Diameter: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Roebling Society
Accession Number
1994.44
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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