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<em>Bowl Depicting a Cheetah</em>, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.165_top_PS2.jpg)
Bowl Depicting a Cheetah, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.165_top_PS2.jpg)
<em>Bowl Depicting a Cheetah</em>, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.165_top_PS2.jpg)

Bowl Depicting a Cheetah, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.165_top_PS2.jpg)

<em>Bowl Depicting a Cheetah</em>, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.73.165.jpg)

Bowl Depicting a Cheetah, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.73.165.jpg)

<em>Bowl Depicting a Cheetah</em>, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.165_bottom_PS2.jpg)

Bowl Depicting a Cheetah, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.165_bottom_PS2.jpg)

<em>Bowl Depicting a Cheetah</em>, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.165_side_PS2.jpg)

Bowl Depicting a Cheetah, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.165_side_PS2.jpg)

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Bowl Depicting a Cheetah

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MEDIUM Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze
DATES 10th century
DIMENSIONS 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Islamic World
ACCESSION NUMBER 73.165
CREDIT LINE Frederick Loeser Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Bowl Depicting a Cheetah, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.165_top_PS2.jpg)
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<em>Bowl Depicting a Cheetah</em>, 10th century. Ceramic; earthenware, painted in yellow-staining black slip on a white slip ground under a transparent glaze, 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (8.5 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, 73.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.165_top_PS2.jpg)

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