Bowl with Two Birds
Unknown Artist
900s
Medium
earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
Dimensions
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Classification
Ceramic
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of George P. Bickford
Accession Number
1969.300
About this artwork
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.