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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.

Iran, Nishapur or Central Asia, Samarkand, Samanid Period, 10th century

 

earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration

Overall: 7.6 x 25 cm (3 x 9 13/16 in.)

 

Gift of George P. Bickford

clevelandart.org/art/1969.300

Inauguració de l'exposició "Mirades al futur" dels premis Art-URL 2012.

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