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A bottle with drawings of dance and music
(قارورة عليها رسوم رقص وموسيقى)

Title	A bottle with drawings of dance and music
Title Original	قارورة عليها رسوم رقص وموسيقى
Publication Date:	The beginning to the middle of the eleventh century AH / the beginning to the middle of the seventeenth century
Publication Place	- Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Subject	Pottery-paste, moulded, glazed monochromatically
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الأبعاد الكلية : 23.5 × 16.7 × 9.8 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	48.36
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus22;19;ar
Library Location	Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Date	The beginning to the middle of the eleventh century AH / the beginning to the middle of the seventeenth century
Notes	This molded flask belongs to a group of similar examples produced during the 17th century in Isfahan, Iran. One end of the flask depicts a woman playing a tambourine and the other a seated princess watching a woman dance. These scenes of court entertainment are common in a body of Safavid art (1501-1722) that includes door tapestries, naves and half-scale frescoes in palaces.
Sample Text	“A bottle with drawings of dance and music” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;19;ar

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A bottle with drawings of dance and music

(قارورة عليها رسوم رقص وموسيقى)

Publication Date The beginning to the middle of the eleventh century AH / the beginning to the middle of the seventeenth century

Publication Place - Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Subject Pottery-paste, moulded, glazed monochromatically

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الأبعاد الكلية : 23.5 × 16.7 × 9.8 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 48.36

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus22;19;ar

Library Location Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Date The beginning to the middle of the eleventh century AH / the beginning to the middle of the seventeenth century

Notes This molded flask belongs to a group of similar examples produced during the 17th century in Isfahan, Iran. One end of the flask depicts a woman playing a tambourine and the other a seated princess watching a woman dance. These scenes of court entertainment are common in a body of Safavid art (1501-1722) that includes door tapestries, naves and half-scale frescoes in palaces.

Sample Text “A bottle with drawings of dance and music” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;19;ar