#saljuk

[thecrankyprofessor]

Incense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa’l-Din ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi

Maker: Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali

dated A.H. 577/ A.D. 1181–82, Saljuk/Seljuk era

Found Iran, Taybad, Medium: Bronze; cast, engraved, chased, pierced. Dimensions: Overal;. H. 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm), L. 32 1/2 in. (82.6 cm), W. 9 in. (22.9 cm)

Metropolitan, Rogers Fund, 1951, Accession Number: 51.56

[fishstickmonkey]

Flower Vase with Horsemen

Unknown artist, Iranian, 13th Century (Saljuk)

fritware with enamel and painted luster decoration 

The Walters Art Museum

[timur-i-lang]

Fritware bowl decorated under the glaze with blue, and lustre over a transparent glaze. At the centre of the bowl are two birds, surrounded by bands of inscriptions, in both kufic and cursive scripts, which contain the verses of a Persian love poem, as well as the date 614 H / 1217 AD.

[timur-i-lang]

"By the eleventh century, a number of distinct kufic scripts had developed. In Iran, the letters became more refined, characterized by elongated vertical strokes with left-facing flourishes. In this folio, from a now-dispersed copy of the Koran, the vegetal scroll design, usually reserved for discrete areas of illumination, serves as a backdrop to the elegantly proportioned words. This is the only known Koran decorated in this unusual and elaborate manner."