Jug with human-headed birds paired in roundels

Details

• Title

  Jug with human-headed birds paired in roundels

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  Great Seljuq Period (1040 - 1194)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with moulded decoration under a blue glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  formed › moulded;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › jug

• Dimensions

  23 cm (height)
  14.1 cm max. (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.2232

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