Persian Qajar Antique Pottery Vase with Bluebird and Flowers lovely quintessential example of Penobscot basketry

quintessential example of Penobscot basketry

This is an old wood--I think perhaps beech--and forged iron spokeshave

so am including a sweet old turned wood cup as  a freebie

gives it the look of leaded glass

and is adhered to a paper backing (on which text is written) which measures 6” x 7 3/8”

Persian Qajar Antique Pottery Vase with Bluebird and Flowers lovely quintessential example of Penobscot basketryI really love the colors on Persian Qajar era pottery super lush, immediately recognizable, and I think all the better for the crazing and other imperfections they've invariably acquired over the past century and a half or so. I especially like the form of this one, with its round body and long thin neck, and the bird that appears on one side, rendered in that amazing Persian blue with green belly and wings. Around the rest of the body is an explosion