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Luster Bowl with Man Holding a Banner
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Luster Bowl with Man Holding a Banner

900s · earthenware with luster-painted design

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This golden bowl displays a man holding a staff with a banner surmounted by a ball, crescent, and long streamer. He is flanked by two peacocks, one holding a palmette in his beak.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineLuster Bowl with Man Holding a Banner, 900s. Iraq, probably Baghdad, Abbasid Period. Earthenware with luster-painted design; diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.); overall: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1959.331
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