Bird-shaped Vessel
1100s
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Bird-shaped Vessel, 1100s. Iran, Seljuq period (1037–1194). Bronze, cast, with chased and chiseled decoration; eyes inlaid with blue glass; overall: 17.5 x 9.5 cm (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1948.458 There is an undeciphered Kufic inscription above the bird's tail feathers.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze, cast, with chased and chiseled decoration; eyes inlaid with blue glass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 17.5 x 9.5 cm (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Kufic inscription above tail feathers, undeciphered, possibly pseudo-inscription
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1948.458
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Exhibitions
- Persian Art Before and After the Mongol Conquest, The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran, Juxtapositions, Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 116 Islamic
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