A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED POTTERY VASE WITH FIGURAL DECORATION
Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Of pyriform shape, reminiscent of Western amphoras, resting on a splayed circular foot, rising to a cylindrical neck with a bulging ring in the middle and widely everted rim, featuring two thin handles around the shoulders, the body painted in cobalt blue outlined in black against a white ground, decorated with two cusped cartouches depicting musicians, lovers, and dancers in a garden setting, interspersed amidst roses and floral sprays on blue ground, the neck painted with meandering bands of alternating twisted ropes and flower patterns, 32.5cm high.