Cleveland Museum of Art
Bowl with Two Birds
- Date
- 900s
- Medium
- earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
- Culture
- Iran, Nishapur or Central Asia, Samarkand, Samanid Period, 10th century
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 144679
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Two facing birds painted with dark brown slip (clay diluted with water) on a plain white slip ground were a popular decoration in eastern Iran. A stylized Arabic word, baraka (blessing), appears on each bird’s body.
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- Credit line
- Gift of George P. Bickford
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