Lobed Bottle with Simurghs (Phoenixes) in Flight, 17th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in luster on opaque white and cobalt blue glazes, 13 x 7 1/16 in. (33 x 18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 42.212.16. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.212.16_front_PS2.jpg)
Lobed Bottle with Simurghs (Phoenixes) in Flight, 17th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in luster on opaque white and cobalt blue glazes, 13 x 7 1/16 in. (33 x 18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 42.212.16. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.212.16_back_PS2.jpg)
Lobed Bottle with Simurghs (Phoenixes) in Flight
Arts of the Islamic World
On View: Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
MEDIUM
Ceramic; fritware, painted in luster on opaque white and cobalt blue glazes
DATES
17th century
DYNASTY
Safavid
PERIOD
Safavid
DIMENSIONS
13 x 7 1/16 in. (33 x 18 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Bears a mark "HOH 395-Persia" and a gummed label, "No.4, Mr. Aynard." Also numbered S.L. 862.10.
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Islamic World
ACCESSION NUMBER
42.212.16
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1929, provenance not yet documented; by 1929, acquired by Henry Osborne Havemeyer and Louisine Waldron Elder Havemeyer of New York; 1929, gift of Louisine Waldron Elder Havemeyer to Horace O. Havemeyer, by descent; 1942, gift of Doris Anna Dick Havemeyer (Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer) to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
CAPTION
Lobed Bottle with Simurghs (Phoenixes) in Flight, 17th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in luster on opaque white and cobalt blue glazes, 13 x 7 1/16 in. (33 x 18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 42.212.16. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.212.16_front_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
front, 42.212.16_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
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