Bowl with four camels
, 10th century
This playful depiction of camels is a rare departure from the typical iconographic repertory. The medallion layout and the repeating design of the camels with palanquins on their backs lend a sense of dynamism to the piece, almost as if the artist wanted to show the beasts proceeding in a caravan.
Original diam 22.9cms
Metropolitan Museum of ASrt, New York, USA. 64.259