A LONG-NECKED SILVER BOTTLE RETAILED BY VARTAN OF TABRIZ
Isfahan, Pahlavi Iran, mid-20th century

A LONG-NECKED SILVER BOTTLE RETAILED BY VARTAN OF TABRIZ
Isfahan, Pahlavi Iran, mid-20th century

Of compressed pyriform shape, resting on a domed circular base, rising to a tapering cylindrical neck, surmounted by a pull-off domed lid with a bulbous finial, the body with chased monabat-kari decoration featuring interlaced foliate arabesques, interspersed with panels of roses attended to by nightingales (gol-o-bolbol), each within shaped outlines, all reserved with trailing rosette scrolls, and the neck with chased arabesques reserved in similar rosettes panels, repeated to the lid, the foot edge stamped with workshop mark سرائیان, Sareian and standard mark '84' as well as retailers mark 'Vartan', 32cm high, 483 gr.

Dimensions: 32cm high