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Zoomorphic figurine
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah
About Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait City
Hegira 4th century / AD 10th century
LNS 1018 C
Samanid
East Iranian World
Free standing earthenware horse figurine was probably a toy. It's covered with a cream coloured engobe and painted in a brownish black slip under a transparent colourless glaze.
"Zoomorphic figurine" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;kw;Mus21;36;en
MWNF Working Number: KW 36
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