PITCHERS OF QAJAR KHANATE; EXAMPLES FROM ERZURUM ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

In this study, 12 pitchers in the storage of Erzurum Archaeological Museum are examined. These pitchers which are made out of copper and have a significant place as works of metalart in Islamic art are evaluated in terms of their forms and symbolic figures on them. The study also aims to reveal the stages that these pitchers went through during the first period of Qajar Khanate, together with a Western influence. The iconographic figures on similar works are also evaluated.