- Title
- Plate
- Date Made
- late 12th - early 13th century
- Medium
- Fritware, overglaze luster-painted
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (4.445 x 17.145 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.73.5.269
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Islamic
- Curatorial Notes
The monumental figure at the center of this bowl is a harpy, a creature from classical mythology consisting of a bird torso and human, most often female, head. Here the painter has carefully composed the monster’s tail and lower wing to follow the curved contours of the vessel’s rim as a means of filling the space.
