Ceramics · Animals · Catalog HV6FAXGD

Bowl with Two Birds

Two facing birds painted with dark brown slip (clay diluted with water) on a plain white slip ground were a popular decoration in eastern Iran. A stylized Arabic word, baraka (blessing), appears on each bird’s body.

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Ceramics · Animals · Catalog HV6FAXGD

Bowl with Two Birds

Unknown creator · 900s

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