Bowl with Abstract Peacock Motif, AKM844, The Aga Khan Museum

Bowl, with deep everted sides, the interior decorated on one side with a stylized peacock motif and a band of angular cursive kufic script on the other, painted in olive-green, manganese-brown, tomato-red against a cream ground.

AKM844, Bowl with Abstract Peacock Motif

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Bowl with Abstract Peacock Motif

Accession Number:AKM844
Place:Nishapur, Iran or Samarqand, Uzbekistan
Dimensions:11.6 cm x 30.5 cm
Date:mid-10th century
Materials and Technique:Earthenware, white slip with polychrome decoration under a transparent glaze

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