Bead with Hybrid Animals

Title:

Bead with Hybrid Animals

Date:

late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq (?))

Description:

Mina’i is a modern collectors’ term for ceramics made in Iran during the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The term mina’i, translates as “enamelled” in Persian, designating the colored glass pigments used to paint detailed figural decoration on vessels or tiles, which were then fixed on the ceramic base by multiple firings. The use of a wide range of colors, including turquoise, red, green, purple, and black, also led these types of ceramics to be called by the Persian term “haft rang,” or “seven colors.” The three rectangular faces of this bead each have a different hybrid animals across its surfaces, and the two triangular sides each have a stylized vine vignette on a blue background. For the latest information about this object, beads (pierced objects), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:

Type:

beads (pierced objects)

Type (Narrower):

Other Objects

Type (Broader):

Object

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Culture:

Provenance:

Ex-Coll.: Joseph Brummer, 1941

Medium:

fritware, white underglaze, black, blue, dark green, and red overglaze enamel, with traces of gilding

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 11/16 × W: 13/16 × L: 1 1/16 in. (1.8 × 2 × 2.7 cm)

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

48.1811

Is part of:

Islamic Art

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