Bowl with Confronted peacocks , 925-975CE

wo Facing Peacocks Birds were a particularly popular subject in the Abbasid period, as artists in many media transformed the creatures’ beaks and wings into increasingly abstracted designs.
Original diam 30.5cms
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. 64.134

Exhibited by:

SilkRoadVirtualMuseum

More from SilkRoadVirtualMuseum

Preparing to cross the Chinvat Bridge
SilkRoadVirtualMuseum
Stone lunette Sogdian Tomb
SilkRoadVirtualMuseum
Funeral Service , Late 6th-Early 7th century CE
h = 62.3 cm
White Marble
SilkRoadVirtualMuseum
Death
h = 150 cm
SilkRoadVirtualMuseum
Riderless Horse , Late 6th-Early 7th century CE
h = 62.3 cm
White marble
SilkRoadVirtualMuseum