Caption

Bowl, Islamic art, Persian culture, ceramics, griffins, Persian ceramics, 10th century, Iran, vessel, weight 1.47 kg, height 13.5 cm, diameter 30 cm, A round shallow bowl with a painted interior showing a stylized bird-like creature with rounded body, curved neck, and a pointed head, rendered in black outline and filled areas on a pale yellowish background; the creature's body is decorated with a pattern of several circular motifs and a section of diagonal stripes, and its tail and legs are depicted with bold black curved lines; the surrounding interior surface contains areas of intricate repeating spiral motifs and irregular pale yellow shapes, all enclosed by a thin dark rim; visible colors include pale yellow, black, cream, and touches of muted brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_066

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.1Mb (1.6Mb) / 12.5in x 12.5in / 3744 x 3744 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl Islamic art Persian culture ceramics griffins Persian ceramics 10th century Iran vessel weight 1.47 kg height 13.5 cm diameter 30 cm round shallow bowl painted interior showing stylized bird- creature rounded body curved neck pointed head rendered black outline filled areas pale yellowish background creature's body decorated pattern several circular motifs section diagonal stripes tail legs depicted bold black curved lines surrounding interior surface contains areas intricate repeating spiral motifs irregular pale yellow shapes enclosed thin dark rim visible colors include pale yellow black cream touches muted brown.