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ʿAbbāsid Luster Bowl with Man Holding a Banner, Iraq, 10th Century.
Cleveland Museum of Art 1959.331
A larger image of this ʿAbbāsid Luster Bowl with Man Holding a Banner, Iraq, 10th Century.
Bowl
Luster Bowl with Man Holding a Banner, 900s. Iraq, probably Baghdad, Abassid Period, 10th Century.
Earthenware with luster-painted design; diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.); overall: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.).
The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1959.331
DESCRIPTION
This golden bowl displays a man holding a staff with a banner surmounted by a ball, crescent, and long streamer. He is flanked by two peacocks, one holding a palmette in his beak.
Source: Cleveland Museum of Art