Persian Qajar Antique Pottery Vase with Flowers and Banded Patterns sweetgrass and ash splint embodies a sense of well

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In researching this lovely little spoon

it seems to nod to old salt glazed jugs

I think it is both wonderfully specific and transcendentally good

Persian Qajar Antique Pottery Vase with Flowers and Banded Patterns sweetgrass and ash splint embodies a sense of wellI 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. This one, mid 1800s I believe, is more understated than many, with a thick, (once) clear glaze over most of the body, decorated with flowers and leaves around the middle and then great striped and triangle patterns around the