Bowl with a Bird
10th century
Maker Unknown
Arts of the Islamic World
Contour panels filled with V-shaped motifs enhance the bold shape of the peacock on this bowl. This style of decoration is typical of tenth-century monochrome lusterware production under the cAbbasid rulers of Iraq. The tail of the peacock contains an inscription that, though damaged, still contains the last two letters of the Arabic word baraka, which means “blessing.” Inscriptions wishing good fortune for the owner commonly appear on Islamic ceramics from this time.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Ceramic; earthenware, painted in luster on an opaque white glaze
- Dynasty
- Abbasid
- Period
- Abbasid
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
- Departments
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Accession Number
- 86.227.80
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
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