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Bowl with design of wild goats
Bowl with design of wild goats

Bowl with design of wild goats

Place of OriginNishapur, Northeastern Iran
Dateapprox. 900-1000
PeriodSamanid period (819-1005)
MaterialsEarthenware with painted slip decoration under glaze
DimensionsH. 3 1/8 in x Diam. 9 1/2 in, H. 7.9 cm x Diam. 24.1 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60P1897
DepartmentWest Asian Art
ClassificationsCeramics
On View
On view
LocationGallery 7
More Information
The interior of this bowl is decorated with four horned animals, probably wild goats, that encircle a central star motif. This artistic conception goes back more than three thousand years to the pre-Islamic period in Iran. Interspersed among the animals is what appears to be writing in kufic script, but these marks are known as pseudo-kufic because they have no meaning and were used only as a form of decoration.
Subject
  • goat