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islamic art-ewer-monochrome glazed-Iran 12th/13th century-MIA - 01 12 10 020

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islamic art-ewer-monochrome glazed-Iran 12th/13th century-MIA - 01 12 10 020
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Sandro Vannini
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Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, Egypt
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the incised decoration under a transparent turquoise glaze is typical of this class of pottery. pouring vessels with bull-like features have an extremely ancient history in Iranian culture. It seems that they were initially associated with bull sacrifices at which the blood of the bull was drunk for its life-giving qualities. with the arrival of Zoroastrianism such sacrifices were prohibited but their memory continued in bull-like vessels in which wine was substituted for blood-ewer-monochrome glazed-Iran 12th/13th century-MIA - 01 12 10 020

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