Luster Bowl with Man Holding a Banner

Cleveland Museum of Art

Luster Bowl with Man Holding a Banner

Date
900s
Medium
earthenware with luster-painted design
Culture
Iraq, probably Baghdad, Abbasid Period
Department
Islamic Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This golden bowl displays a man holding a staff with a banner surmounted by a ball, crescent, and long streamer. He is flanked by two peacocks, one holding a palmette in his beak.

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