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

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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