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Bowl with Eagle

ca. 1000
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 454
The signature of the artist Muslim appears beneath the eagle's right claw and underneath the foot of this remarkable bowl. Muslim is the only Egyptian potter of this period (ca. 1000) whose name is known. In representing this heraldic eagle, he used a motif that had been popular for a long time and was not limited to the iconography of Fatimid works.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bowl with Eagle
  • Maker: Muslim Ibn al-Dahhan (Egyptian)
  • Date: ca. 1000
  • Geography: Attributed to Egypt
  • Medium: Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze
  • Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
    Diam. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Gift of Charles K. and Irma B. Wilkinson, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.178.1
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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