Dish with Design of Bird

Collection number	陶256-2566
Provenance	Northeastern Iran or Central Asia
Period	Samanid period
Date	10th-11th Century CE
Material	Glazed Pottery
Dimension	D. 34.2 cm
Comment	On the center of the plate, a bird is depicted in a circle surrounded by triangular design filled with diagonal lines. Most of the species depicted on Islamic pottery are small birds those have sweet twitter such as sparrow, brambling and wagtail. Generally, small birds could not adapt to desert and arid area but prefer to habit in oasis near to water source and grass land. The motif of small birds might remind people living arid area the greenery rich lands.
Classification	glazed pottery
Keywords	Red, Orange, White, Black Pretty, Stylish, Vivid Western Asia, Iran, Northeastern Iran, Central Asia Islamic Dynasties, Early Islamic Period, Samanids Clay, Glazed pottery Vessel, Dish/Plate Creature, Bird Pattern, Medallion, Wavy/Zigzag line, Stripe
資料ID	2385