In the context of Ewer with the head of a rooster, analyze the Choice of representation of the Analysis.
The decoration of the paunch illustrates a myth of Arab origin, the tree of the waq-waq, of which versions of Indian and Chinese origin have also been found.  Some define the waq-waq tree as a wonderful tree, located in a distant island, the fruits of which are human heads crying "waq-waq". For Al-Jahiz, in 859 in his Kitāb al-Hayawān (book of animals), the fruits represent animals and whole bodies of women who are suspended by the hair and stop screaming and die when they are picked. This legend is also repeated in the Shahnameh (book of kings) of Ferdowsi where the tree is associated with the quest for knowledge by Iskandar; it is also found in many stories.
The rooster theme may have found an echo in ancient Iran where this type of object could be used in rituals. This theme is found in several poems from medieval Iran and in Zoroastrianism, which predated Islam in Iran. In Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, the rooster would have been domesticated by a king, Tahmurath, who would have asked that he be spoken to with kindness. In Islamic culture, the rooster has a heralding role, either by warning of the doomsday or when compared to the muezzin, who awakens believers and invites them to prayer. The eye of the rooster, disproportionately enlarged, could have a protective role.
Chinese India Tahmurath medieval Iran Kitāb al-Hayawān Zoroastrianism Iskandar Ferdowsi Shahnameh muezzin Iran Al-Jahiz