Animal symbolism was common everywhere
in the ancient world. However, the significance of
these attractive and popular motifs on domestic
pottery from Iran is not known. Top design painted
in lustre on tin-glazed earthenware bowls, Iraq, 10th
century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Copyright Eva Wilson, British Museun Press
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