Bowl with Eagle

Muslim Ibn al-Dahhan

ca. 1000 · Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze · Islamic Art

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.

Artist

Muslim Ibn al-Dahhan

Date

ca. 1000

Medium

Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Gift of Charles K. and Irma B. Wilkinson, 1963