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Dish on three legs
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Dish on three legs

anonymous · c. 1100 - c. 1199 · turning; vitrification; fired; formed; glaze; earthenware; quartz

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Dish on feet shaped like bears. Iran, 12th century. Stone paste. Similar dishes with feet shaped like animals, but made of metal, were used as incense burners.

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Credit lineDish on three legs. c. 1100 - c. 1199. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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