Bowl with two simurgh, or mythical birds, and a lion
Details
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Title
Bowl with two simurgh, or mythical birds, and a lion
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Associated place
Garrus (place of creation) -
Date
12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300) -
Material and technique
earthenware, with decoration carved through a white slip under a green glaze
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
7.5 cm (height)
18.5 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1956.154
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Glossary of terms
earthenware
glaze
slip
Further reading
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 47 on p. 68, pl. 24 a
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