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Collections

Bird-Shaped Vessel7th-mid 11th century

Not on view
Terracotta ceramic box-form vessel with rectangular body, crenellated ridge, raised tooth-like band, and incised and painted decorative zones
Title
Bird-Shaped Vessel
Place Made
Afghanistan
Date Made
7th-mid 11th century
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 5 9/16 in. (14 cm); Width: 5 9/16 in. (14 cm); Length: 8 5/16 in. (21 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Kate Fitz Gibbon and Andrew Hale
Accession Number
AC1997.253.13
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic