
Collection Online as of February 3, 2023
Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration
Overall: 7.6 x 25 cm (3 x 9 13/16 in.)
Gift of George P. Bickford 1969.300
not on view
Two facing birds painted with dark brown slip (clay diluted with water) on a plain white slip ground were a popular decoration in eastern Iran. A stylized Arabic word, baraka (blessing), appears on each bird’s body.