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The bottle is composed of a stonepaste body that has been glazed and reserve-painted in blue and black. At the top of the neck the small vase-head has a petal band below its rim and four trellis panels decorating the body. Two hunters wearing different caps adorn the body. The gunman wears short sleeves, a satchel and powder pouch.","physicalDescription":"Bottle with long neck and bulbous top. At the top of the neck the small vase-head has a petal band below its rim and four trellis panels decorating the body. The two hunters wear different caps and their faces are different. The gunman wears short sleeves and his satchel has a lappet decoration while his powder pouch ends in a duck's head. The tips of the tray in front of the longhaired figure have been turned into birds' heads.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"stonepaste","id":"x36411"},{"text":"overglaze (material)","id":"AAT252619"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting","id":"x30598"},{"text":"overglaze","id":"AAT53918"},{"text":"firing","id":"AAT53887"},{"text":"moulded","id":"x30076"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"stonepaste body glazed and painted in blue and black","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"}],"styles":[{"text":"Safavid","id":"AAT21712"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MES","id":"THES48607"},"images":["2006AF7231"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"BMIA (LOAN)","id":"THES49172"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Bottle","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Iran","id":"x30220"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1642-1666","earliest":"1637-01-01","latest":"1666-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"2499-1876","id":"O249457"},"association":"Design"},{"object":{"text":"2500-1876","id":"O122275"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"1125-1876","id":"O249461"},"association":"Version"}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"36.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"20.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"13","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"At base","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Historical significance: This bottle shows two new developments in shape and design in the production of mid-17th century Safavid bottles; the occasional use of vase-heads at the top of the necks, and the appearance of the decorative theme of the hunt.","historicalContext":"Two developments in shape and design are evident in this bottle; one is the appearance of the vase-head at the top of the neck and the other is the appearance of a new decorative theme alongside the earlier animal and lake scenes; that of the hunt. The small vase shape already existed in the Yaun period and earlier in Persia with a variety of small vase-heads such as those of Persian lustre wares of the early 13th century. The theme of the hunter is Persian. It is moulded on on flattended bottles and outlined in black.","briefDescription":"Blue and black reserve-painted bottle with long neck showing hunters","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Y. Crowe. Persia and China. Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum 1501-1738. London, 2002, Fig. 231."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"\"A Safavid Bottle with Matchlock Hunt in the Royal Ontario Museum\", New Perspectives on Safavid Iran: Empire and Society, Ed. Mitchell, Colin P. 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