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BOWL

Creator(s): Kuznetsov Factory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

This small bowl is painted with a wide ocher brown border that contains white oval reserves with gilded flowering branches. An adjacent border consists of gilded geometric shapes and a series of dark red dots. The interior of the bowl features a round reserve with a stylized Columbine flower in ocher brown paint with gilded highlights. Three additional sprays of flowers are painted around the interior of the bowl. A narrow, leafy garland in the same color runs around the perimeter of the bowl.

Object name:
BOWL
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
ca. 1892
Size:
7.3 × 11.1 cm (2 7/8 × 4 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.565.3
Signature marks:
maker's mark Large square with arched sides in black overglazed paint; indide the text in Arabic that reads"1271 Allah Done according to the order". Number "5" is written in green overglaze paint; one long mark in blue underglaze paint on the bottom of the bowl According to Betty Djawdan the year 1271 in Persian calendar is the same as the year 1892 in the Western calendar. She also identified stylized flower on the bowl as a Columbine flower, a flower that is widely popular in Persia.
Credit line:
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. Fisher, 2004