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A bowl in the shape of a lion attacking a fox
(زبدية ذات شكل أسد يهاجم ثعلبا)

Title	A bowl in the shape of a lion attacking a fox
Title Original	زبدية ذات شكل أسد يهاجم ثعلبا
Publication Date:	Twelfth century AD
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	POT 1249
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus21;20;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Twelfth century AD
Notes	It is now believed that vessels made of porcelain paste and luster varnish arrived in Syria from Fatimid Egypt around the same time in the late 11th or early 12th century by migratory craftsmen and then in the 12th century moved east to Iran. They clearly established themselves in northeastern Syria on the Euphrates River (particularly Raqqa), but some of the pieces including this example have been associated with the site of Talmens, north of Aleppo and later became known as Talmens vessels. The decorative heritage is greatly influenced by the work of Egyptian Fatimid luster painters on pottery and glass. The decorative treatment on this bowl/bowl, where the figure of a lion attacks a fox on a floor of flowered scrolls/steps, is similar in style to the work of the luster painter from Fatimid Egypt, Saad, who worked on both pottery and glass in Fustat (Old Cairo) in the early years of the twentieth century.
Sample Text	“A bowl in the shape of a lion attacking a fox” from Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;20;ar

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A bowl in the shape of a lion attacking a fox

(زبدية ذات شكل أسد يهاجم ثعلبا)

Publication Date Twelfth century AD

Publication Place - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID POT 1249

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus21;20;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date Twelfth century AD

Notes It is now believed that vessels made of porcelain paste and luster varnish arrived in Syria from Fatimid Egypt around the same time in the late 11th or early 12th century by migratory craftsmen and then in the 12th century moved east to Iran. They clearly established themselves in northeastern Syria on the Euphrates River (particularly Raqqa), but some of the pieces including this example have been associated with the site of Talmens, north of Aleppo and later became known as Talmens vessels. The decorative heritage is greatly influenced by the work of Egyptian Fatimid luster painters on pottery and glass. The decorative treatment on this bowl/bowl, where the figure of a lion attacks a fox on a floor of flowered scrolls/steps, is similar in style to the work of the luster painter from Fatimid Egypt, Saad, who worked on both pottery and glass in Fustat (Old Cairo) in the early years of the twentieth century.

Sample Text “A bowl in the shape of a lion attacking a fox” from Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;20;ar