Dish with paired birds

Details

• Title

  Dish with paired birds

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  12th century (1101 - 1200)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with decoration incised through a white slip and painting in green

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  marked › incised;

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  container › vessel › dish

• Dimensions

  7.5 cm (height)
  38 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.120

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