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Turquoise-Glazed Pottery Model of an Elephant - LO.655, Origin: Syria, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 15.25" (38.7cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style:, Seljuk, Medium: Fritware, This turquoise-glazed fritware sculpture depicts an elephant with a canopied platform (howdah), upon which two musicians confront each other from either side of a low table. The elephant walks forward slowly with its trunk trailing near the ground. A mahout (elephant driver) is seated on the neck between the two large circular protective shields on the elephant’s ears. The howdah is surmounted by an elaborate openwork pavillion rising from the four corners and arching to a central point.
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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