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Twelve-sided Ewer with Sphinxes and Human-Headed Inscriptions, 1300–1350. hammered sheet of brass inlaid with silver, Overall: 44.8 cm (17 5/8 in.). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1945.27. CC0.
Twelve-sided Ewer with Sphinxes and Human-Headed Inscriptions
1300–1350
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Twelve-sided Ewer with Sphinxes and Human-Headed Inscriptions, 1300–1350. Iran, Khurasan, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353). Hammered sheet of brass inlaid with silver; overall: 44.8 cm (17 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.27 Calligraphy with human heads, known as animated script, developed in northeast Iran during the 1100s.