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| Keywords: Syrian - Lusterware Bowl with Peacock - Walters 481231.jpg In Arab countries and Muslim realms in the Mediterranean region artistic innovation flourished in the 9th-14th centuries Lusterware was among the most original development of Arab potters who mixed silver sulfides and copper oxides to create a shiny metallic sheen on the surface of glazed earthenware bowls plates and other utilitarian vessels This lusterware bowl with underglaze black is decorated with a peacock against a scrollwork background 12th-early 13th century Medieval fritware with luster decoration cm 10 35 h x diam accession number 48 1231 26314 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1927 place of origin Rusafah Syria Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Ceramics from Syria Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Peacocks in Islamic art | ||||
