Bowl with Dragons, dated A.H. 607/A.D. 1210, Attributed to Iran, Stonepaste; glazed in opaque white, luster-painted, part of the inscription scratched in luster, H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm), Ceramics, Snakelike dragons, their heads confronting one another, run concentrically and intertwine on this bowl. Dragons were associated with the pseudo-planet al-Jawzahr, able to cause and reverse eclipses by swallowing moon and sun, and were thus both terrifying and beneficial, protective, and apotropaic
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Bowl, Dragons, dated .H, 607/.D, 1210, Attributed, Iran, Stonepaste, glazed, opaque white, luster-painted, part, inscription scratched, luster, H, 4 1/4, 10.8 cm, Ceramics, Snakelike dragons, heads confronting, another, run concentrically, intertwine, bowl, associated, pseudo-planet al-Jawzahr, able, cause, reverse eclipses, swallowing moon, sun, thus, terrifying, beneficial, protective, apotropaic
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