Unglazed Painted Ewer - LO.545, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD to 12 th Century AD, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Terracotta. The red  More »

Unglazed Painted Ewer - LO.545, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD to 12 th Century AD, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Terracotta. The red earthenware ewer coated with a white ground slip on which decoration is painted in black. The squat globular body is painted with scrolls and geometric patterns covering also the neck and the tallupward pointing spout. Looking from the handle some hidden facial features are to be found like the large roundels on the neck, indicating the eyes. This type of vessel had apparently some magical connotation and was probably used as a drinking vessel in ceremonial occasions. For a discussion on this type of vessel and comparable examples see: J.Kalter ed, Uzbekistan. Heirs to the Silk Road, 1997: no.271.   « Less

Islamic Slip-Painted Terracotta Ewer - LO.546, Circa: 800 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 5.5" (14.0cm) high, Collection: Central Asia, Style: Islamic, Medium: Terracotta,  More »

Islamic Slip-Painted Terracotta Ewer - LO.546, Circa: 800 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 5.5" (14.0cm) high, Collection: Central Asia, Style: Islamic, Medium: Terracotta, Condition: Very Fine. The red earthenware ewer coated with a white ground slip on which decoration is painted in black. The pear-shaped body is painted with scrolls and geometric patterns covering also the flaring neck and the curved narrow spout - somewhat zoomorphic-, rising opposite the handle. This type of vessel had apparently some magical connotation and was probably used as a drinking vessel in ceremonial occasions. For a discussion on this type of vessel and comparable examples see: J.Kalter ed, Uzbekistan. Heirs to the Silk Road, 1997: no.271.   « Less

Islamic Slip-Painted Terracotta Ewer - LO.548, Circa: 800 AD to 1200 AD, Collection: Central Asia, Style: Islamic, Medium: Terracotta, Condition: Very Fine. The red  More »

Islamic Slip-Painted Terracotta Ewer - LO.548, Circa: 800 AD to 1200 AD, Collection: Central Asia, Style: Islamic, Medium: Terracotta, Condition: Very Fine. The red earthenware ewer coated with a white ground slip on which decoration is painted in black. The squat globular body is painted with scrolls and geometric waving patterns covering also the neck and the tall upward pointing spout. Looking from the handle some hidden facial features are to be found like the large roundels on the neck, indicating the eyes. This type of vessel had apparently some magical connotation and was probably used as a drinking vessel in ceremonial occasions. For a discussion on this type of vessel and comparable examples see: J.Kalter ed, Uzbekistan. Heirs to the Silk Road, 1997: no.271.   « Less

Islamic Slip-Painted Terracotta Jug - LO.550, Circa: 800 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 6" (15.2cm) high, Collection: Central Asia, Style: Islamic, Medium: Terracotta.

Islamic Slip-Painted Terracotta Jug - LO.550, Circa: 800 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 6" (15.2cm) high, Collection: Central Asia, Style: Islamic, Medium: Terracotta.   « Less

Islamic Bronze Pot - FZ.382, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 9.25" (23.5cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Seljuk, Medium: Bronze. The art  More »

Islamic Bronze Pot - FZ.382, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 9.25" (23.5cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Seljuk, Medium: Bronze. The art of metalwork has been one of the principal forms of artistic expression in the Islamic world. Responding to the taste and needs of different social and economic classes, artists continuously explored the technical and decorative potential of their materials to transform simple, functional objects into highly refined works of art.   « Less

Nishapur Slip Painted Jug - LO.576, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD, Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Nishapur, Medium:  More »

Nishapur Slip Painted Jug - LO.576, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD, Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Nishapur, Medium: Earthenware. Small jug with globular body and straight tall neck and curved handle, all coated with tomato red ground slip. The surface covered with alternated triangles in rows painted in manganese, dotted in white and filled with yellow and black strokes. Coloured gound slip ares were popular not only in Khurasan and Mazandaran, but also in Kirman province. In fact, manganese and tomato red painted slip ware were excavated at Ghubayra in Kirman province, dcorated with white and yellow paintings.They were also excavated at Afrasiyab and in Afghanistan, suggesting that they were traded long distances. For a similar ceramic rendition see: G. Fehervari, Ceramics of the Islamic World, 2000: nos.60-61, p. 60.   « Less

Islamic Terracotta Water Sprinkler with Moulded Decoration - LO.582, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD, Dimensions: 8" (20.3cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art,  More »

Islamic Terracotta Water Sprinkler with Moulded Decoration - LO.582, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD, Dimensions: 8" (20.3cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Terracotta.   « Less

Large Slip-Painted Terracotta Jar with Loop Handles - LO.586, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 700 AD to 1000 AD, Dimensions: 20.5" (52.1cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style:  More »

Large Slip-Painted Terracotta Jar with Loop Handles - LO.586, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 700 AD to 1000 AD, Dimensions: 20.5" (52.1cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Terracotta.   « Less

Glazed Dish Depicting a Cross-Legged Female Figure - LO.654, Origin: Iraq, Circa: 900 AD to 1000 AD, Dimensions: 2.1" (5.3cm) high x 6.3" (16.0cm) wide, Collection: Islamic  More »

Glazed Dish Depicting a Cross-Legged Female Figure - LO.654, Origin: Iraq, Circa: 900 AD to 1000 AD, Dimensions: 2.1" (5.3cm) high x 6.3" (16.0cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Earthenware. Small dish painted in monochrome lustre depicting a woman holding a curious object, which may be a goblet or a musical instrument, with her left hand and a conical object with her right. As it was customary in early lustreware, there is a narrow white margin around the design, while the rest of the surface is filled with dotted zones, recalling the ring-matted background of contemporary metalwork. A band of lunettes decorate the rim, while the exterior is filled with the customary heavy roundels and strokes, that one would find in early lustre vessels from Iraq datable to the mid 10th century. An almost identical dish belongs to the Ashmolean Museum collection of Islamic Art, Oxford. For a comparable example see G. Fehervari, Ceramics of the Islamic World in the Tarek Rajab Museum, 2000: pl. 33, p. 46.   « Less

Painted Earthenware Vessel - LO.640, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 800 BC to 1000 AD, Dimensions: 20.75" (52.7cm) high, Collection: Islamic art, Style: Islamic, Medium:  More »

Painted Earthenware Vessel - LO.640, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 800 BC to 1000 AD, Dimensions: 20.75" (52.7cm) high, Collection: Islamic art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Earthenware.   « Less