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Iran. 12th-13th c. CE. Fritware, moulded decoration under opaque colored glaze. Shape borrowed from shape of metalwork of second half of 12th c.
Inv. no.: MAO 723. Website. Cf.: Berlin MIK I.4/77.
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Inv. no.: MAO 442. Website Cf.: London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Inv. no.: C170-1977; Freer Gallery Inv. no.: F1949.19.
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Iran. 12th c. Fritware, translucent glaze. Shows influence of T'ang or Song Chinese ceramics.
Inv. no.: K 3456. Website
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Iran, 12th c. CE. Fritware, engraved decoration under transparent colored glaze.
Inv. no.: OA 6672. Website
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Iran, 12th c. Fritware, moulded decoration, under translucent glaze.
Inv. no: MAO 21. Website.
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Iran, 12th c. CE. Fritware with engraved décor under translucent glaze.Popularity of palmette decoration goes back several centuries to time when Samarra was the Abbasid capital.
Inv. no.: OA 6677. Website
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Iran, 12th c. CE. Fritware, engraved decoration under opaque glaze with splashes of colored glaze.
Inv. no.: OA 7245. Website
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Iran, 10th-12th c. CE. Glass, with glass decoration blown in mould.
Inv. no.: OA 6168. Website
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Iran, 11th-13th c. CE. Blown glass, moulded and applique decoration.
Inv. no.: OA 6470. Website
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Iran, 12th c. CE. Fritware, champlevé decoration under colored glaze.
Inv. no.: MAO 110. Website
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Iran, 12th-13th c. CE. Fritware, moulded decoration under opaque colored glaze.
Inv. no.: MAO 334.
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Khorasan, beg. of 13th c. CE. Fritware, moulded decoration under transparent glaze with colored glaze splashes. Found in ruins of citadel of Shahr-i Ghughula, near Bamiyan; from prior to Mongol conquest in 1221.
Inv. no.: MAO 704.
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Iran, end of 12th c. CE. Fritware, overglaze lustre decoration. Form goes back to Sasanian metalwork.
Inv. no.: MAO 58. Website
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Iran, end of 12th c. CE. Fritware, overglaze lustre decoration. Bottom has inscription with wish for good fortune.
Inv. no.: MAO 485. Website. Cf.: Freer Gallery, Inv. No.: S1997.113.
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Iran, end of 12th-beg. of 13th c. CE. Fritware, overglaze lustre decoration. Possible model from Buddhist examples in China, but funeral feast there transformed into new year celebration in Iran.
Inv. no.: MAO 492. Website
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Iran, 12th-13th c. CE. Fritware, overglaze moulded and lustre decoration.
Inv. no.: OA 7817. Website
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Iran, end of 12th c. CE. Fritware, overglaze lustre decoration.
Inv. no.: MAO 59. Website. Cf.: Freer Gallery, Inv. no.: F1909.370
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Iran, beg. of 13th c. Fritware, overglaze lustre decoration. H.: 36.2 cm.
Inv. no.: MAO 444. Website
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Khorasan, beg. of 13th c. CE. Fritware, moulded decoration, underglaze painted.
Inv. no.: MAO 1232. Website
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Iran, end 12th-beg. 13th c. Fritware, haft rang decoration with gilding, over transparent glaze.
Inv. no.: OA 7356. Website
Cf.: Freer Gallery, Inv. no.: F1938.13.
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Iran. Beg. of 13th c. CE. Fritware, overglaze luster, and haft rang decoration with gold highlights. H.: 6.5 cm.; Dia.: 22 cm.
Inv. no.: MAO 440. Website (including photos of details, but with images reversed [?])
Cf.: LACMA Inv. no.: M.2002.1.155.
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Iran, end 12th-beg. of 13th c. Fritware, haft rang decoration over translucent glaze, with gilding.
Inv. no.: OA 6452. Website
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Khorasan, 11th-12th c. Cast bronze, moulded decoration. Image may show the elevation of Zal, a character in the Shah-name, by a simurgh; an allegory of the ascent of the soul in ancient Iran.
Inv. no.: OA 7958bis. Website
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Iran, 1190 CE/586 AH. Cast copper alloy, engraved and inlaid with silver and red copper. Inscription with name of owner: Othman ibn Sulayman.
Inv. no. OA 6314. Website
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Iran, Khorasan. End of 12th-beg. of 13th c. CE. Copper alloys, engraved, silver inlay.
Inv. no.: OA 5548. Website
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Khorasan, 11th-12th c. CE. Cast bronze, with cutout and engraved decoration.
Inv. no.: MAO 357. Website
Cf.: LACMA Inv. no.: M.71.73.38.
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Iran, Khorasan, 11th-12th c. CE. Bronze with openwork and engraving, inlaid with glass paste? 28.2 x 32 cm. Stylistic indications point to Seljuk workshops; a similar piece in the Metropolitan Museum in NY is dated 1181.
Inv. no.: AA 19. Website
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Iran, Khorasan, 12th c. Cast bronze.
Inv. no.: OA 6020. Website
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Khorasan or Anatolia, 12th-13th c. CE. Cast bronze. Dia. 11.2 cm.
Inv. no. OA 3945. Website.
Cf. almost identical mirror found in Volga Bulgaria in the collection of the State Historical Museum, Moscow. Also, cf. LACMA Inv. no.: M.2002.1.611.