Steel rooster-code F-T001141

Steel rooster

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All 24 carat gold and silver

Rooster, this extraordinary and beautiful bird, plays a big role in the beliefs of Iranian people, considering its religious foundations and symbolic concepts. This deep connection has changed the role of the rooster to a sacred and cosmic bird. The objective characteristics and behavioral style of this bird have caused many artists to use its role in the creation of their works of art and to express their thoughts with ironic language. Emphasizing the role of this bird in terracotta, metal, and textile works in the pre-Islamic and Islamic eras, the present research has discussed why this symbol is used and the reasons for the importance of the rooster symbol in Iranian works of art.