Large Storage Jar for Cool Water With a Bejeweled Lion, Hare, and Deer

Unknown Artist

8th–10th century

Large Storage Jar for Cool Water With a Bejeweled Lion, Hare, and Deer by Unknown Artist

Medium

Earthenware; applied, impressed, and incised decoration, unglazed

Dimensions

H. 29 in. (73.7 cm) Diam. 19 in. (48.3 cm) Wt. 53 lbs. (24 kg)

Classification

Ceramics

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. E. S. David, in memory of her husband, E. S. David, 1998

Accession Number

1998.330

Tags

Lions

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