Fear Bowl (Zodiac motif)
- Artist/Creator
- Unknown maker (possibly from Damascus, Syria)
- Title
- Fear Bowl (Zodiac motif)
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- metal
- Height
-
1 13/16" (exterior)
1 1/2" (interior)
3/4" (cone height) - Width
-
6 1/4" (diam. widest)
1 1/2" (cone base, widest) - Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- Gift of Carl George, Professor Emeritus of Biology
- Object Number
- 2018.7.2
- Rights
- No Known Copyright
- Alternative text
- Metal bowl with rim and raised central portion, also known as an omphalos. An engraved design covers both interior and exterior surfaces of the bowl. There are eleven vignettes depicting the signs of the zodiac around the exterior surface (imagery includes animals, amphibians, humans, scorpion, 2-headed human). The nterior surface is nearly blackened but covered in what appears to be a script similar to Arabic.