Lid with a Lion attacking a Bull
This unglazed earthenware fragment was most likely used as the lid of a large cooking pot. The molded scene depicts a lion attacking a bull, and the feet at the bottom indicate that a similar scene was repeated on the other half of the lid.
Artwork Details
- Title: Lid with a Lion attacking a Bull
- Date: 12th century
- Geography: Excavated in Iran, Nishapur
- Medium: Earthenware; molded decoration, unglazed
- Dimensions: Diam. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1938
- Object Number: 38.40.279
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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