(PC-071)


  • Region: Likely Shiraz, Persia.
  • Estimated Date of Production: Mid to late 1700s.
  • Dimensions: 330 mm in height, 234 mm by 114 mm in circumference.
  • Weight: 825 grams (weight includes attached cloth and rope)
  • Colour: Yellow green, very similar to PC-070, a Type I Saddle Flask.
  • Technique:

    Sand pontiled (no glass residue on base), freeblown, rouletted string rim. Sheared and unpolished (jagged) lip. Remnant of cloth and rope tied around neck.

  • Description:

    Flat-sided Karaba.

  • Built By:
  • Provenance: Purchased October 2012, one of three in the Fairbourne Collection.
  • Condition: Very near mint, full gloss.
  • Literature:
  • Related Works outside of this collection:

    One in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.