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A bowl/bowl with a wild rabbit on it
(وعاء زبدية عليه أرنب بري)

Title	A bowl/bowl with a wild rabbit on it
Title Original	وعاء زبدية عليه أرنب بري
Publication Date:	XI century
Publication Place	- Aga Khan Museum
Subject	Ceramic bowl, lacquered
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	20 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	AKM684
Record ID	object;EPM;ca;Mus21;50;ar
Library Location	Aga Khan Museum
Date	XI century
Notes	By the 10th century, the Fatimid capital of Cairo had become a center for the production of ceramics decorated with metallic glazes with a golden luster (known as luster glaze). The striking visual compositions on this ceramics depict men, women, jugglers and animals – such as this playful hare with long ears drawn with fluid lines and a lively nature. Its relatively ordinary subject matter and the golden intensity of the luster glaze set it apart from earlier lacquered ceramics. Buraq in Iraq and later examples from Iran. This type of Fatimid glazed, glazed bowl was highly prized throughout the Mediterranean and many similar bowls can still be seen decorating the exterior walls of churches in Pisa, Italy from the late 11th and early 12th centuries.
Sample Text	“A bowl/bowl with a wild rabbit on it” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ca;Mus21;50;ar

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A bowl/bowl with a wild rabbit on it

(وعاء زبدية عليه أرنب بري)

Publication Date XI century

Publication Place - Aga Khan Museum

Subject Ceramic bowl, lacquered

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 20 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID AKM684

Record ID object;EPM;ca;Mus21;50;ar

Library Location Aga Khan Museum

Date XI century

Notes By the 10th century, the Fatimid capital of Cairo had become a center for the production of ceramics decorated with metallic glazes with a golden luster (known as luster glaze). The striking visual compositions on this ceramics depict men, women, jugglers and animals – such as this playful hare with long ears drawn with fluid lines and a lively nature. Its relatively ordinary subject matter and the golden intensity of the luster glaze set it apart from earlier lacquered ceramics. Buraq in Iraq and later examples from Iran. This type of Fatimid glazed, glazed bowl was highly prized throughout the Mediterranean and many similar bowls can still be seen decorating the exterior walls of churches in Pisa, Italy from the late 11th and early 12th centuries.

Sample Text “A bowl/bowl with a wild rabbit on it” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ca;Mus21;50;ar