Bronze Mortar and Pestle - LO.1177, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 800 AD to 1100 AD, Dimensions: 2" (5.1cm) high x 2.5" (6.4cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic,  More »

Bronze Mortar and Pestle - LO.1177, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 800 AD to 1100 AD, Dimensions: 2" (5.1cm) high x 2.5" (6.4cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Quarternary Bronze.   « Less

Bronze Mirror - LO.1179, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 800 AD to 1100 AD, Dimensions: 13.8" (35.1cm) wide x 5.25" (13.3cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic,  More »

Bronze Mirror - LO.1179, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 800 AD to 1100 AD, Dimensions: 13.8" (35.1cm) wide x 5.25" (13.3cm) depth, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Bronze.   « Less

Pottery Jug with Moulded and Incised Decoration - LO.1198, Origin: Central Asia. Circa: 800 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 8.675" (22.0cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style:  More »

Pottery Jug with Moulded and Incised Decoration - LO.1198, Origin: Central Asia. Circa: 800 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 8.675" (22.0cm) high, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Terracotta. Squatted globular Jug with elongated straight tubular neck and cordon-patterned handle attached to the shoulder. The body has been decorated with several concentric horizontal bands, featuring from the neck down, a band of foliage, an inscription in cursive script, a register with running hounds and sphinxes amidst foliage, a further epigraphic band and a row of downturned palmettes terminating short of the foot.   « Less

Bronze Mortar - LO.1205, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 800 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high x 5.5" (14.0cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic,  More »

Bronze Mortar - LO.1205, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 800 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high x 5.5" (14.0cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Quarternary Bronze.   « Less

Bamiyan Splashed Sgraffiato Bowl - LO.1275, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 3" (7.6cm) high x 6.9" (17.5cm) wide, Collection: Near Eastern Art,  More »

Bamiyan Splashed Sgraffiato Bowl - LO.1275, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 3" (7.6cm) high x 6.9" (17.5cm) wide, Collection: Near Eastern Art, Style: Bamiyan, Medium: Buff Earthenware.   « Less

Bamiyan Splashed Sgraffiato Bowl - LO.1276, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 4.5" (11.4cm) high x 11.6" (29.5cm) wide, Collection: Near Eastern  More »

Bamiyan Splashed Sgraffiato Bowl - LO.1276, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 4.5" (11.4cm) high x 11.6" (29.5cm) wide, Collection: Near Eastern Art, Style: Bamiyan, Medium: Glazed Terracotta.   « Less

Turquoise-Glazed Terracotta Bowl - LO.1277, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 3.5" (8.9cm) high x 11.8" (30.0cm) wide, Collection: Near Eastern  More »

Turquoise-Glazed Terracotta Bowl - LO.1277, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 3.5" (8.9cm) high x 11.8" (30.0cm) wide, Collection: Near Eastern Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Glazed Terracotta.   « Less

Turquoise-Glazed Terracotta Bowl - LO.1278, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 4.3" (10.9cm) high x 9.8" (24.9cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art,  More »

Turquoise-Glazed Terracotta Bowl - LO.1278, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 1100 AD to 1200 AD, Dimensions: 4.3" (10.9cm) high x 9.8" (24.9cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Islamic, Medium: Glazed Terracotta.   « Less

Seljuk Bronze Feline Sculpture - LO.1294, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 11 th Century AD to 14 th Century AD, Dimensions: 6.6" (16.8cm) high x 4.1" (10.4cm) wide, Collection:  More »

Seljuk Bronze Feline Sculpture - LO.1294, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 11 th Century AD to 14 th Century AD, Dimensions: 6.6" (16.8cm) high x 4.1" (10.4cm) wide, Collection: Islamic Art, Style: Seljuk, Medium: Bronze. Although individual Turkish generals had already gained considerable, and at times decisive, power in Mesopotamia and Egypt during the tenth and eleventh centuries, the coming of the Seljuks signaled the first large-scale penetration of the Turkish elements into the Middle East. Descended from a tribal chief named Seljuk, whose homeland lay beyond the Oxus River near the Aral Sea, the Seljuks not only developed a highly effective fighting force but also, through their close contacts with Persian court life in Khorasan and Transoxania, attracted a body of able administrators. Extending from Central Asia to the Byzantine marches in Asia Minor, the Seljuks established a highly cohesive, well- administered state under the nominal authority of the Abbasid caliphs at Baghdad. The Seljuqs (also Seldjuk, Seldjuq, Seljuk, sometimes also Seljuq Turks; in Turkish Selçuklular; in Persian: سلجوقيان á¹¢aljÅ«qÄ«yān; in Arabic سلجوق SaljÅ«q, or السلاجقة al-Salājiqa) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries. They set up an empire known as "Great Seljuk Empire" that stretched from Anatolia to Punjab and was the target of the First Crusade. The dynasty had its origins in the Turcoman tribal confederations of Central Asia and marked the beginning of Turkic power in the Middle East. Today they are regarded as the cultural ancestors of the Western Turks, the present-day inhabitants of Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan, and they are remembered as great patrons of Persian culture, art, literature.   « Less

Slip Painted Earthenware Bowl - JB.1165, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD to 11 th Century AD, Dimensions: 1.3" (3.3cm) high x 4.3" (10.9cm) wide, Collection:  More »

Slip Painted Earthenware Bowl - JB.1165, Origin: Central Asia, Circa: 10 th Century AD to 11 th Century AD, Dimensions: 1.3" (3.3cm) high x 4.3" (10.9cm) wide, Collection: Islamic, Style: Islamic, Medium: Glazed Earthenware, Condition: Extra Fine.   « Less