Aquamanile in the shape of a bull

Details

• Title

  Aquamanile in the shape of a bull

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  late 12th century - early 13th century

• Material and technique

  fritware, with lustre decoration over a blue glaze

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  container › vessel › water-vessel › aquamanile

• Dimensions

  16 x 15.1 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family Collection and allocated to the Ashmolean Museum, 2019.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2019.63

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