cma-islamic-art: Twelve-sided Ewer with Sphinxes and Humanheaded Inscriptions, 1300-1350, Cleveland
cma-islamic-art: Twelve-sided Ewer with Sphinxes and Humanheaded Inscriptions, 1300-1350, Cleveland Museum of Art: Islamic ArtSphinxes in interlacing bands on an arabesque ground connect inscriptions with human heads which only appear on metalwork. Known as animated script, it developed in northeast Iran during the 1100s and migrated westward.Size: Overall: 44.8 cm (17 5/8 in.)Medium: hammered sheet of brass inlaid with silverhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1945.27 -- source link
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