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Ewer with Peacocks
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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.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Belmont MA (by 1978-2002) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2002.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
Title: Ewer with Peacocks
Description:
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.
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