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Portrait of two seated women, possibly a mother and daughter, Germany, late 1840s.

Getty Museum

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Photo of a Māori woman, Aotearoa, pre-1873.

British Museum

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Here we have a leaf from a Persian manuscript of uncertain date and origin, with an illumination overpainted in the 20th century to mimic Mughal style, likely in India for the tourist trade. The leaf is possibly from the late 19th or early 20th century, and the paintings are considerably later. On this leaf, the miniature of a scene of a man kneeling at the mouth of a cave with another man kneeling before him enclosed in a rondel is painted over the text on the page. This video is a snippet from a Video Orientation, which you can watch in full by following the link below. (UPenn LJS 196)

Link to record:

Access 'Overpainted leaves from a Persian manuscript and an Arabic lithograph' through the Penn Libraries catalog.

Video Orientation:

Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 196, two leaves, one from a Persian manuscript and the other from an Arabi

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Enamel Bowl from Kashan, Iran dated between 1200 - 1258 on display at the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, Scotland

In the early 13th century Iran was under the Mongol Empire and so the art reflected Mongolian influences. This included the improtance of horses in displaying wealth and power. Because of this, horses feature heavily in Iranian art during this period.

Photographs taken by myself 2025

along-the-silkroad

Frieze Tile with Two Hunters, Iran, Ilkhanid, second half 13th century. MET (ID: 10.9.1) This frieze tile is molded in low relief and painted in luster over an opaque white ground with accents of turquoise and cobalt blue. The background presents a lush landscape of vegetal motifs and birds in flight, while in the foreground two horsemen stab a deer with their swords. The figures wear luxurious clothes, and the artist has taken care to depict different textile patterns on each. Luster tiles of similar quality, color scheme, and motifs decorated the palace at Takht-i Sulaymän, an important Ilkhanid imperial residence. (MET)

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A heavy load: a Sioux woman carrying a heavy load of firewood on her back through the snow, ca. 1908 - by Edward S. Curtis (1868 - 1952), American

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In the absence of paper, the shoulder bones of camels (slait) were employed traditionally as writing tablets in Quranic schools. Scanned from the book The Craft Heritage of Oman; 2003; Neil Richardson & Marcia Dorr

Portrait of a young family, American, late 1840s.

Getty Museum

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Portrait of a Polynesian woman with a flower necklace, 1890.

British Museum

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Left: St. Michael rescues the faithful from Hell; Right: the rescued in Paradise.

From a 17th-century Ethiopian manuscript telling the story of Michael who, under the patronage of Emperor Zara Yaqob, became the most venerated of archangels in Ethiopia: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/17th-century-ethiopian-manuscript-the-miracles-of-the-archangel-michael

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I see you post a lot of jewelry artifacts. Which ones your favourite/most interesting piece

I've seen so much over the years there's no way I can single out any one particular piece, but in general I'm a slut for medieval Anglo Saxon brooches.