Twelfth Century Collection (page 12)

Lid, Iran, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Lid, Iran, 12th-13th century

Incense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa l-Din ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi, Iran, dated A.H. 577/ A.D. 1181-82. Zoomorphic incense burners were popular during the Seljuq period

White bowl, Iran, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
White bowl, Iran, 12th century

Ewer with Lamp-Shaped Spout, Iran, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Ewer with Lamp-Shaped Spout, Iran, 12th century. Arabic inscriptions of good wishes to the owner

Ewer with Floral Scroll, Iran, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Ewer with Floral Scroll, Iran, 12th century

Bowl, Iran, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Bowl, Iran, 12th-13th century. Bahram Gur, riding a camel with one of his slaves, Azadeh playing a harp

Flask with Molded Decoration, Iran, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Flask with Molded Decoration, Iran, 12th-13th century. Central medallion the head of a simurgh

Ewer with Calligraphic Band, Iran, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Ewer with Calligraphic Band, Iran, 12th century. One of the earliest examples of the twelfth-century development of metalwork inlay

Mirror, Northwestern Iran or Turkey, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Mirror, Northwestern Iran or Turkey, 12th-13th century. Scene interpreted as Solomon and his demons

Mounted Hunter with Cheetah, Jazira (or Iran?), 12th-early 13th century. Creator: Unknown
Mounted Hunter with Cheetah, Jazira (or Iran?), 12th-early 13th century. Cheetah rising was a traditional leisure pursuit of royalty and the wealthy elite

AppliquePlaque with a Tree and Four Birds, Iran or Iraq, 12th century
Applique Plaque with a Tree and Four Birds, Iran or Iraq, 12th century

Figure, Iran or Central Asia, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Figure, Iran or Central Asia, 12th century. Cup-bearer associated with kingship and investiture

Bowl, Iran, dated A. H. 583 / A. D. 1187. Creator: Abu Zayd
Bowl, Iran, dated A.H. 583/ A.D. 1187

Earrings and Pendant, Iran, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
Earrings and Pendant, Iran, 11th-12th century

Head of a Central Asian Figure in a Pointed Cap, Iran, 12th-early 13th century

Pendant, Iran, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
Pendant, Iran, 11th-12th century. May have been a talisman

Incense Burner, Iran, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Incense Burner, Iran, 12th century. Birds figure prominently in the decorative repertoire of the Seljuq period, and were probably associated with good fortune

Bowl with a Ruler and Attendants, Iran, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Bowl with a Ruler and Attendants, Iran, 12th-13th century

Two-Spouted Vessel with a Lid, Syria or Iran, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Two-Spouted Vessel with a Lid, Syria or Iran, 12th century. With an inscription in pseudo-kufic script

Figure, Iran or Iraq, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Figure, Iran or Iraq, 12th-13th century

Mirror, Iran or Central Asia, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
Mirror, Iran or Central Asia, 11th-12th century

Ewer, Iran or Afghanistan, ca. 1180-1210. Creator: Unknown
Ewer, Iran or Afghanistan, ca. 1180-1210. Harpies and astrological imagery heighten the auspiciousness of this ornament

Ewer with Horsemen Inscribed in Arabic, Iran, 2nd half 12th-early 13th century
Ewer with Horsemen Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes to its Owner, Iran, second half 12th-early 13th century. Horsemen in procession between two rows of kufic inscription. Mina i production

Turquoise Bowl with Carved Rim, Iran, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Turquoise Bowl with Carved Rim, Iran, 12th century

Lid with a Lion attacking a Bull, Iran, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Lid with a Lion attacking a Bull, Iran, 12th century

Head from a Figure with a Beaded Headdress, Iran, 12th-early 13th century. rare example from the Seljuq period

Goblet with Applied Decoration, Iran, 11th-early 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Goblet with Applied Decoration, Iran, 11th-early 12th century

Seal, Iran, 5th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
Seal, Iran, 5th-12th century

Garrus-ware Bowl, Iran, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Garrus-ware Bowl, Iran, 12th-13th century

Mirror, Iran, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Mirror, Iran, 12th-13th century

Inkwell with Twelve Zodiac Medallions, Iran, late 12th-early 13th century. Virgo (al-sunbula, " ear of corn" ) is the only sign whose iconography is different from Western cycles

Turquoise Bowl with Lute Player and Audience, Iran, late 12th-early 13th century

Ring, Iran, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
Ring, Iran, 11th-12th century. Turquoise was believed to dispel the effect of the evil eye

Hair Ornament, One of a Pair, Iran, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Hair Ornament, One of a Pair, Iran, 12th-13th century

Hollow Vessel in the Shape of a Woman Holding a Child, Iran, 12th-13th century

Ewer with Molded Inscriptions and Figures on Horseback, Iran, last quarter 11th-12th century

Molded Vessel in the Form of a Mother and Child, Iran, 12th-13th century

Dish, Iran, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
Dish, Iran, 11th-12th century

Embossed Candlestick, Iran, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Embossed Candlestick, Iran, 12th century

Seated tambourine player, Iran, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Seated tambourine player, Iran, 12th century

Figure of Harpy, Iran, 12th-early 13th century. Creator: Unknown
Figure of Harpy, Iran, 12th-early 13th century

Cup with Running Ibexes, Iran, second half 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Cup with Running Ibexes, Iran, second half 12th century

Model of a House with Festive Scene, Iran, 12th-early 13th century. Creator: Unknown
Model of a House with Festive Scene, Iran, 12th-early 13th century. Ceramic house models may have been wedding gifts

Ring, Iran, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Ring, Iran, 12th-13th century. Harpies may have held astrological significance, as symbolic depiction of the sign Gemini

AppliquePlaque with a Standing Eagle, Iran, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Applique Plaque with a Standing Eagle, Iran, 12th century. Perhaps ornamenting leather horse trappings or a belt

Large Turquoise Jar, Iran, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Large Turquoise Jar, Iran, 12th-13th century. Motifs typical of the Seljuq period including winged griffins and arabesque design. with inscriptions of good wishes in small kufic script

Pierced Blue Pot with Animals and Vegetal Scroll, Iran, last quarter 11th or 12th century

Lichfield Cathedral from the North-West, 1858. Creator: Roger Fenton
Lichfield Cathedral from the North-West, 1858

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