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Bowl with a design of a standing person and four birds
(زبدية ذات تصميم لشخص واقف وأربعة طيور)

Title	Bowl with a design of a standing person and four birds
Title Original	زبدية ذات تصميم لشخص واقف وأربعة طيور
Publication Date:	Late second century to late fourth century AH / tenth century AD
Publication Place	- Saint Louis Art Museum
Subject	Nishapur vessels, glazed, glazed pottery vessels (lined with paint)
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 10.2 سم ، قطر الفم : 22.9 سم قطر الجسم : 23.8 سم ، قطر القدم : 9.8 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	29:1954
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus24;7;ar
Library Location	Saint Louis Art Museum
Date	Late second century to late fourth century AH / tenth century AD
Notes	This piece is a Nisaburi-style bowl on a ring base. It has a lid with an outer lining decorated with a band of dark triangles, and underneath there are evenly spaced horizontal lines in the same glaze down towards the base. Also on the outside there are irregular areas of bright red and yellow glaze. Inside the frame there are four dark lines surrounding three yellow, red and white glazing bands. The rest of the interior has a light yellow background. The male figure in the center is surrounded by a thick frame of dark glaze and has a head, nose, mustache and mouth and wears an ankle-length banded garment with a black outer lining. Above the waist, the clothes are red with yellow designs in the shape of an X. The apron is decorated with typical checks with black borders and a blue horizontal band across the bottom and he also wears dark pointed shoes. The figure is surrounded by many stylized designs, geometric and floral shapes, inscriptions in calligraphy, and four long-necked birds with crests, perhaps peacocks. Irregularly around the middle field and the edges of the bowl are intentionally drawn spots of turquoise glaze. The outside and bottom of the bowl are covered with a yellow-orange glaze. It is not decorated. The bowl rests on a low base. The bottom is slightly hollow and covered with the same yellow-orange glaze. There are many small breakage points, especially around the frame and on the entire outer part of the bowl. There are fine cracks throughout the piece, and there are many repaired fractures and small fractures around the foot/base.
Sample Text	“A bowl with a design of a standing figure and four birds” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;7;ar

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Bowl with a design of a standing person and four birds

(زبدية ذات تصميم لشخص واقف وأربعة طيور)

Publication Date Late second century to late fourth century AH / tenth century AD

Publication Place - Saint Louis Art Museum

Subject Nishapur vessels, glazed, glazed pottery vessels (lined with paint)

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 10.2 سم ، قطر الفم : 22.9 سم قطر الجسم : 23.8 سم ، قطر القدم : 9.8 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 29:1954

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus24;7;ar

Library Location Saint Louis Art Museum

Date Late second century to late fourth century AH / tenth century AD

Notes This piece is a Nisaburi-style bowl on a ring base. It has a lid with an outer lining decorated with a band of dark triangles, and underneath there are evenly spaced horizontal lines in the same glaze down towards the base. Also on the outside there are irregular areas of bright red and yellow glaze. Inside the frame there are four dark lines surrounding three yellow, red and white glazing bands. The rest of the interior has a light yellow background. The male figure in the center is surrounded by a thick frame of dark glaze and has a head, nose, mustache and mouth and wears an ankle-length banded garment with a black outer lining. Above the waist, the clothes are red with yellow designs in the shape of an X. The apron is decorated with typical checks with black borders and a blue horizontal band across the bottom and he also wears dark pointed shoes. The figure is surrounded by many stylized designs, geometric and floral shapes, inscriptions in calligraphy, and four long-necked birds with crests, perhaps peacocks. Irregularly around the middle field and the edges of the bowl are intentionally drawn spots of turquoise glaze. The outside and bottom of the bowl are covered with a yellow-orange glaze. It is not decorated. The bowl rests on a low base. The bottom is slightly hollow and covered with the same yellow-orange glaze. There are many small breakage points, especially around the frame and on the entire outer part of the bowl. There are fine cracks throughout the piece, and there are many repaired fractures and small fractures around the foot/base.

Sample Text “A bowl with a design of a standing figure and four birds” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;7;ar