Persian Qajar Antique Pottery Vase with Bluebird and Flowers lovely and many years in it

and many years in it yet

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

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

with four separate setting dials on the back

Persian Qajar Antique Pottery Vase with Bluebird and Flowers lovely and many years in itI 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