Figurative Vessel

Possibly Longuda people, Nigeria, African

20th century

  • Titles Figurative Vessel (Descriptive)
  • Medium fired clay and slip
  • Dimensions 21 x 9 in. Diam. (53.3 x 22.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Dick Jemison Collection of African Pottery, AFI.161.2012
  • Work Type vessel
  • Classification Containers

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Spherical, brown vessel with black fire clouds has columnar, slightly convex neck with everted rim; shoulder has row of raised spiky points.
necklace; bracelet; female
Abraham sacrificing a ram on a rock is approached by a winged figure. A blindfolded boy stands in the background. In the Quranic tradition, the boy is identified as Ishmael (in the Judeo-Christian narrative, the boy is identified as Isaac).