Painted Bowl with Fish and Lotus Design

Pakistan (Ancient region of Gandhara)

5th century

Medium

Terracotta with black pigment

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

6.1 × 15.8 × 15.7 cm (2 3/8 × 6 3/16 × 6 3/16 in.)

Culture

Gandhara

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia

Credit line

Gift of Pratapaditya and Chitra Pal

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Ceramics
• Animals
• Flowers and plants
• 5th century
• Black, white and grey