Bowl with Two Birds
900–1000
- Medium
- earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.6 x 25 cm (3 x 9 13/16 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Iran, Nishapur or Central Asia, Samarkand, Samanid Period, 10th century
About
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.