- Title
- Ewer
- Date Made
- 18th-19th century
- Medium
- Glass, mold-blown and free-blown, applied decoration
- Dimensions
- 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (18.1 x 12 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.88.129.197
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Islamic
- Curatorial Notes
Beginning in the sixteenth century, the traditional direction of glass trade from the Islamic world to Europe reversed as Venice became a major producer of high-quality glass. Yet Middle Eastern glassblowers continued to produce exceptional objects, including richly colored monochromatic vessels from Iran. This deep blue ewer—with its emphasis on an elegant, balanced shape and subtle surface decoration, such as the curving applied glass handle—is typical of nineteenth-century Iranian glass.
