A brown ceramic vessel with a round and wide bottom, a narrow neck, and is topped with a pale cup-shaped opening piece. The body has an engraved pattern with bird-like figures and floral motifs.

Ewer with Peacocks

Persian

This purple-glazed ewer has a bulbous body and a tapering neck with a wide, flaring mouth. Its relief decoration features a broad band of confronting peacocks, their necks intertwined, alternating with pear-shaped floral motifs. Above this main band is a narrower one with scrolling vines. The foot of the ewer has been left unglazed. On one section of the peacock band the glaze has pooled, perhaps due to an error in the firing process. The vessel has been repaired, especially in the area of the mouth.

Fritware with molded decoration under purplish-brown (manganese) transparent alkali glaze

Seljuk-Atabeg period

Vessels