Water Pitcher, 19th century. Translucent deep blue glass; free blown, applied, pinched, and gilded; tooled on the pontil, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. (26 x 19 x 11 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 47.203.19. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.203.19_side1_PS2.jpg)
Water Pitcher, 19th century. Translucent deep blue glass; free blown, applied, pinched, and gilded; tooled on the pontil, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. (26 x 19 x 11 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 47.203.19. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.203.19_side2_PS2.jpg)
Water Pitcher
Arts of the Islamic World
On View: Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
MEDIUM
Translucent deep blue glass; free blown, applied, pinched, and gilded; tooled on the pontil
DATES
19th century
DYNASTY
Qajar
PERIOD
Qajar Period
DIMENSIONS
10 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. (26 x 19 x 11 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Islamic World
ACCESSION NUMBER
47.203.19
CREDIT LINE
Henry L. Batterman Fund
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1947, provenance not yet documented; by 1947, acquired in Iran by Joseph Upton of Washington, D.C.; December 10, 1947, purchased from Joseph Upton by the Brooklyn Museum.
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EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
CAPTION
Water Pitcher, 19th century. Translucent deep blue glass; free blown, applied, pinched, and gilded; tooled on the pontil, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. (26 x 19 x 11 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 47.203.19. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.203.19_side1_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
profile, 47.203.19_side1_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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