Bowl with two simurgh, or mythical birds, and a lion

Details

• Title

  Bowl with two simurgh, or mythical birds, and a lion

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran › East Azarbaijan › 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

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  carved;

  glazed › lead-glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  7.5 cm (height)
  18.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.154

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