oil and gold leaf on canvas on wood panel
Ink on linen drawing with linear forms creating a grid-like design on burlap. Signed and dated, Ibram Lassaw 1950, in black at lower left.
Vase with turqouise blue glaze, small unglazed foot, bulbous round body with vertical neck ending in a fluted rim, the neck has raised and cut out decoration, 4 small fluted appendages sit symetrically around body.
Gombroon bowl: rounded form with vertical sides rising from short foot, the white interior painted with a central blue floral medallion, around this bands of blue, the vertical sides with pierced star design and the rim with a series of small blue dots, the exterior with a wide band of dark blue floral roundals.
Important dignitaries would travel along the Silk Road from places like China, India and Syria, and during the 12th -13th centuries the merchant class was at its height of travel on the Silk Road. This bronze, stylized cat would have been at the top of a staff, which would have been used in travel. It may have also been used as a weapon to fend off evils like thieves and to ward off dangerous animals. In many forms of Buddhism, cats were said to be able to see spirits in the dark and had the ability to disperse the evil spirits. Cats were also protectors of the silkworm. The merchant class, who mainly sold and traded expensive fabrics and cattle on the Silk Road, would have been concerned with such superstitious beliefs. Not only would this staff be used to physically protect the bearer and their goods from dangerous criminals, but it would protect against from evil spirits.
Textile (red and white flowers on gold background)
Central vase area has openwork rim of floral design with four incense wells sunk into bulb-shaped body ov the vessel.
Ewer has bulbous, pear-shaped body, small footed base with a large trefoil mouth.
Vessel with blue-green interior; outer rim blue-green;black painted outside with blue-green geometric lines; cracked
blue-green vase with short neck; geometric design around base; arabesque design around neck.
Deep dish with wide rim decorated with shallow curvilinear designs in the 10th C. style.
ISLAMIC, Iran, Isfahan, Kashan
Globular vessel with light, crackled glaze decorated with floral and teardrop designs in cobalt blue on off-white.
Thick-walled mortar of opaque glass with some iridescence. Used for pharmaceutical purposes.
Decorated with vertical cobalt blue stripes on white glaze.
ISLAMIC, Iran, Nishapur
Dish with deep interior has turquoise glaze and iridescent patination overall. The outside rim is decorated with lines in groups of three.
Lustreware dish with footed base. Decorated with central medallion and hunting scene of hounds and rabbits around rim.
ISLAMIC, Iran, Amol or Sari
ceramic, cream, green, echru and brown glaze
Bowl decorated with central medallion depicting a stylized bird surrounded with other decoration.
ceramic, off-white, blue, plum and black glaze
Off-white with floral and geometric designs in blue, plum and black.
Consists of eight rectangular pieces of repousse with pierced and hammered decoration.
These Islamic Urine Bottles were created using a glass blowing technique that originated in Roman Syria in the first century B.C.E. This technology greatly increased production and supply of glass products. These bottles were used in medieval medical practices to examine the urine of infermed people. Physicians would hold these bulbous flasks in the light to examine urine for uncharacteristic coloration or consistency that were thought to correspond with various diseases
These Islamic Urine Bottles were created using a glass blowing technique that originated in Roman Syria in the first century B.C.E. This technology greatly increased production and supply of glass products. These bottles were used in medieval medical practices to examine the urine of infermed people. Physicians would hold these bulbous flasks in the light to examine urine for uncharacteristic coloration or consistency that were thought to correspond with various diseasesFull-blown, rounded glass bottle used for medicinal and pharmaceutical purposes.
These Islamic Urine Bottles were created using a glass blowing technique that originated in Roman Syria in the first century B.C.E. This technology greatly increased production and supply of glass products. These bottles were used in medieval medical practices to examine the urine of infermed people. Physicians would hold these bulbous flasks in the light to examine urine for uncharacteristic coloration or consistency that were thought to correspond with various diseases.
Amber green inkwell with squared-off, bulbous body and extensive iridescence.
Vessel with pear shaped body and decorative spout and handle. Spout has been broken off and unsuccessfully repaired.
Emerald green, six-sided bottle with partial iridescence.
Inkwell with a full-blown, round body covered entirely with a fiery iridescence.
Four-sided glass inkwell of thick, cut glass with some iridescence.
Four-sided inkwell of thick cut glass with some iridescence.
Bluish glass with traces of iridescence.
Opaque white agate inscribed with three columns of Kufic writing.
Glass intaglio bead depicting profile of a female dignitary. Surrounded by inscriptions on both sides.
Grayware spouted vessel with a globular body and hemispherical handle over the mouth.
Gray clay pitcher with ring handle with spout-like opposite handle; incised decoration on lip rim
ISLAMIC, Iran, Sassanian
Stone intaglio depicting a stylized bird.
ceramic with yellow, green, rose, blue, brown glaze
Decorated with floral and bird motif. Imitation of Chinese bowl.
Body of jar is decorated with blue glaze floral design on white ground.
Green glass bottle with rectangular body and cylindrical neck. Tear bottles are a category of small vessels made of terra-cotta or glass, typically found in tombs. Also known as lacrymatories (or lachrymatories), these bottles were fairly common in ancient Greece and Rome and are thought to have served as containers, in which mourners collected their tears for the deceased as a sign of honor and devotion. The vessels typically have a bulbous body and a long, thin neck. The aesthetics of this particular tear bottle reflects the common characteristics of Islamic glassware, which was highly influenced by the legacy of the Romans and Sasanian artistic traditions in Mesopotamia and Iran.
Bottle has bulbuos body with narrow neck and mouth. Tear bottles are a category of small vessels made of terra-cotta or glass, typically found in tombs. Also known as lacrymatories (or lachrymatories), these bottles were fairly common in ancient Greece and Rome and are thought to have served as containers, in which mourners collected their tears for the deceased as a sign of honor and devotion. The vessels typically have a bulbous body and a long, thin neck. The aesthetics of this particular tear bottle reflects the common characteristics of Islamic glassware, which was highly influenced by the legacy of the Romans and Sasanian artistic traditions in Mesopotamia and Iran.
Brown tinged glass bottle with rectangular body and cylyindrical neck. Some iridescence on exterior. Tear bottles are a category of small vessels made of terra-cotta or glass, typically found in tombs. Also known as lacrymatories (or lachrymatories), these bottles were fairly common in ancient Greece and Rome and are thought to have served as containers, in which mourners collected their tears for the deceased as a sign of honor and devotion. The vessels typically have a bulbous body and a long, thin neck. The aesthetics of this particular tear bottle reflects the common characteristics of Islamic glassware, which was highly influenced by the legacy of the Romans and Sasanian artistic traditions in Mesopotamia and Iran.
Green tinged glass bottle has bulbous body, wide neck and mouth. Tear bottles are a category of small vessels made of terra-cotta or glass, typically found in tombs. Also known as lacrymatories (or lachrymatories), these bottles were fairly common in ancient Greece and Rome and are thought to have served as containers, in which mourners collected their tears for the deceased as a sign of honor and devotion. The vessels typically have a bulbous body and a long, thin neck. The aesthetics of this particular tear bottle reflects the common characteristics of Islamic glassware, which was highly influenced by the legacy of the Romans and Sasanian artistic traditions in Mesopotamia and Iran.
Bottle has octagonal body. Tear bottles are a category of small vessels made of terra-cotta or glass, typically found in tombs. Also known as lacrymatories (or lachrymatories), these bottles were fairly common in ancient Greece and Rome and are thought to have served as containers, in which mourners collected their tears for the deceased as a sign of honor and devotion. The vessels typically have a bulbous body and a long, thin neck. The aesthetics of this particular tear bottle reflects the common characteristics of Islamic glassware, which was highly influenced by the legacy of the Romans and Sasanian artistic traditions in Mesopotamia and Iran.
Bowl depicts equestrian drawn image on interior; repaired from 10 fragments.
Small three-footed vessel with handle and spout.
Detached folio from a manuscript recounting events from early Islamic history
Moh leading unconscious; Abul Bechiar - brother, Mo wife
Mo death announced; hill people continue to play
The Meeting of Abuzar and mohammed in Batuk
AbuBakr Khaled was sent to Yassreb [Median] to kill Malik
Ali consulting with his companions regarding Moavia
After Mohammad falls, Satan spreads a rumor of his death.
Shallow bowl with abstract decoration in green, brown and yellow glaze.
pestle: 7 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.; mortar: 3 x 5 x 5 1/2 in.
(a) Mortar is possibly Seljuk, (b) pestle is probably from a later period.
Vase with dark blue floral design on white.
Open bowl with engraved decoration and script on interior and exterior.
ISLAMIC, Iran, Qajar period
Round-bodied jar with small neck has blue floral design against white body.
Interior of bowl decorated with loop motif incised under glaze, exterior undecorated, unglazed foot.
Vase with turquoise glaze, unglazed foot.
ceramic, turquoise glaze, black underglaze
Vase with encrusted turquoise glaze, black underglaze design.
Vase with turquoise glaze and incised design on body, unglazed foot.
Bowl with incised and engraved decoration
Footed bowl has floral motif relief decoration and band of script on exterior.
Footed bowl has floral motif relief decoration on exterior.
Double folio from a large manuscript of the Qur'an
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Low-fire, two-handled vase; ashen colored with bulbous body and handles emiting from the upper parts of the vase's body.
bronze, key-like figurine. Broken-off right claw of protruding arm, right arm broken off.