# Luster Bowl with Man Holding a Banner

- Date: 900s
- Medium: earthenware with luster-painted design
- Classification: Ceramic
- Dimensions: Diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.); Overall: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
- Culture: Iraq, probably Baghdad, Abbasid Period
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.331)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1959.331/1959.331_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This golden bowl displays a man holding a staff with a banner surmounted by a ball, crescent, and long streamer. He is flanked by two peacocks, one holding a palmette in his beak.