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    • Ewer, ca. 1180–1210; Seljuq
    Khorasan (eastern Iran), Iran
    Repoussé brass inlaid with silver and bitumen

    H. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm), Diam. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
    Rogers Fund, 1944 (44.15)

    One of the finest and most elaborately decorated metal objects of the Seljuq period, this ewer bears many motifs popular in Seljuq art generally and on metalwork of this period in particular, including the signs of the zodiac, the waq-waq (animal-headed scroll) motif, harpies, and Arabic inscriptions in human-headed naskhi script.

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  • Schimmel, Annemarie, with the assistance of Barbara Rivolta. "Islamic Calligraphy." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 50, no. 1 (Summer, 1992).
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  • Ettinghausen, Richard. "Islamic Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 33, no. 1 (Spring, 1975).
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  • Ewer, ca. 1180–1210; Seljuq
    Khorasan (eastern Iran), Iran
    Repoussé brass inlaid with silver and bitumen

    H. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm), Diam. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
    Rogers Fund, 1944 (44.15)