Ayyubid Horse Archer on a Pilgrim Bottle (zamzamiyyah) Fragment, 12th-13th Century

Source: Museum With No Frontiers

Hegira 6th-7th century / AD 12th-13th century, Ayyubid
Unglazed, moulded earthenware
British Museum, London, United Kingdom
A fragment from an unglazed earthenware pilgrim bottle showing part of the depiction of an archer on horseback. These bottles, used for carrying water, were termed pilgrim bottles due to their similarity to vessels brought back from the Holy Land by Western pilgrims.