Yellow Bowl with Animal Decoration
| Artist | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Culture | Persian |
| Culture | Iranian |
| Culture | Islamic |
| Title | Yellow Bowl with Animal Decoration |
| Date | 10th century |
| Medium | Earthenware with glaze |
| Dimensions | |
| Credit Line | Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 73.3.3 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
Upright bowl with a slightly flaring lip underglazed in yellow and decorated with animals and birds in black with green glaze accents.
The city of Nishapur in northeastern Iran was a cosmopolitan center on the route between Asia and the West. It is known for its beautiful polychrome ceramics, which are often decorated with a variety of animal forms.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Yellow Bowl with Animal Decoration | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=73.3.3